AMP
Policy & Regulation
While the financial services industry has welcomed the delayed implementation of the FOFA reforms, the eleventh-hour nature of the decision has cost the big institutions ...
Financial planning
AMP's exit from negotiations to acquire a stake in Ironstone has seen SQM withdraw its rating on the Ironstone Residential Fund....
Financial planning
S&P places AMP Capital property and listed infrastructure funds 'on hold' following insourcing announcement....
Financial planning
AMP has withdrawn from negotiations to acquire a share of Ironstone Group....
Financial planning
AMP Capital has announced that it has ended its joint venture AMP Brookfield following a strategic review....
People & Products
Ross Kent has been promoted from senior managing director - institutional relationships to chief executive AllianceBernstein Australia....
Financial planning
After the introduction of the FOFA changes, financial advisers will need to use their soft skills to articulate the value of their advice. Chris Kennedy reports....
Editorial
As many traditional multi-asset funds disappointed during the GFC, recent times have seen many managers diversify. Deanne Fuller examines the sector....
Editorial
BT emerged from 2011 relatively unscathed in what was a poor year for retail managed funds providers....
Superannuation
Funds under management/advice (FUM/A) for the combined retail and wholesale market dropped by 8 per cent in the 12 months to 31 December 2011, according to DEXX&R....
People & Products
Former PIS managing director Robbie Bennetts has recruited a number of long-term senior PIS staffers to join his new Gold Coast based start-up, Robbie Bennetts Enterprise...
Financial planning
AMP is looking to increase the number of Horizons Academy recruitments, with at least five intakes planned for 2012....
Financial planning
Mental accounting can help financial planners harmonise their client’s money by acting as their financial conductors, writes Barry Wyatt....
Financial planning
The Futuro Financial Services brand may survive under the ownership of AMP, despite the plan to have its financial planners licensed under Charter Financial Planning....
Financial planning
Allianz Australia has launched a new specialist marine underwriting agency, Allianz Marine & Transit....
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The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
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It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...