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Funds management

If Australian consumers continue high levels of online sales for the next five years then online shopping could be more akin to that in the UK and the US, according to AM...

Features

Mike Taylor writes that in the wake of Ares pulling back from its bid for the entirety of AMP Limited, the board and shareholders are being made patently aware that separ...

Funds management

Investors can be hopeful of being able to rely on dividends again as first half 2021 results have been the strongest for several years, according to AMP....

Funds management

Australian shares could outperform the US this year as the country recovers from the pandemic despite not having such a strong economic rebound. ...

Funds management

Some 61% of companies which have reported their first-half results have seen their profits rise compared to 36% in the previous half....

Financial planning

The board and shareholders of AMP Limited are being made patently aware that separating the company’s component parts is a dangerous strategy. ...

Financial planning

AMP Limited bidder Ares has dropped its bid for 100% of the company and is now only interested in AMP Capital leading AMP to declare that the future of its wealth busines...

Superannuation

Ten superannuation funds experienced outflows in excess of a billion dollars as a result of the Government’s COVID-19 hardship superannuation early release regime, with i...

Funds management

If the hedge funds were fundamentally right and the stocks go down, the day traders will get very badly burned, according to one financial commentator....

Financial planning

The Federal Court has ordered that AMP provide key documents around its buyer of last resort decision-making as part of the discovery process attaching to the class actio...

People & Products

Robert Coulter has been appointed as APAC business development director and will lead the firm’s distribution partnerships in the region....

Superannuation

New data has emerged suggesting as many as 5% of early release superannuation applicants entirely emptied their accounts while just 10 superannuation funds paid around 68...

Financial planning

AMP Financial Planning has lost its status as the single biggest financial planning group in Australia by adviser number, according to HFS Consulting’s data from 31 Decem...

Funds management

Australian shares are likely to be outperformers and can return around 12% this year compared to 8% for global shares, according to AMP Capital....

Superannuation

Following the departure of Lara Bourguignon, AMP’s SuperConcepts has appointed Grant Christensen as interim chief executive. ...

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Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

5 months ago

Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

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ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of an advice firm associated with Shield and First Guardian collapses, and permanently banned its responsible manager. ...

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