Numerous behavioural studies show that woman make better investors than men, but on average woman are less financially secure than men. Shane is passionate about trying to bridge this gap. Shane Oliver joined AMP in 1984, becoming Chief Economist in 1994 and is now Chief Economist and Head of Investment Strategy. Shane has extensive experience analysing economic and investment cycles and what current positioning means for the return potential for different asset classes such as shares, bonds, property and infrastructure. He is a regular media commentator on economic and investment market issues and engages regularly with investors at public events and forums. Shane is CoHead of the Investment Strategy and Economics team, responsible for the provision of economic and macro investment analysis and more importantly the management of the Dynamic Markets Fund and the determination of AMP Capital’s asset allocation policy which is applied across more than $100 billion invested in multi-asset funds. Shane has a PhD in economics which focussed on the validly of the Efficient Market Hypothesis (it isn't) and asset price bubbles (there are). He is also an Adjunct Professor of Economics at Macquarie University. Apart from economics and macro investing, Shane enjoys boating, garden rearrangement, fantasy novels and pop music (particularly Elvis, Burt Bacharach, the Beach Boys, the Pet Shop Boys, Kylie and Katy Perry) and is married with two children.