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Financial planning
AMP Financial Planning has given the Australian Securities and Investments Commission an enforceable undertaking relating to the provision of superannuation switching adv...
Superannuation
A new retirement and aged care industry fund is on the horizon, following talks between Primelife Corporation and Babcock & Brown, although details are yet to be finalise...
Financial planning
AMP expects the focus of financial advice to shift as a result of the proposed changes to superannuation announced in this year’s Federal Budget, but has rejected suggest...
Financial planning
Despite one in five financial planners falling foul of the corporate regulator in its latest shadow shopping exercise, and the resulting negative coverage in the mainstre...
Superannuation
The latest Income and Wealth Report on labour force statistics produced by AMP and the National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling has shown premature retirement fo...
Financial planning
Advisers with Australia’s largest dealer group, AMP Financial Planning, will be expected to offer clients new generic advice packages designed by AMP management by the en...
Financial planning
Fund managers AXA and AMP outperformed the sector in terms of asset growth during the June 2005 quarter, according to preliminary findings of a Standard & Poor’s Market S...
Financial planning
Babcock & Brown has decided to float its wind energy fund, beginning the process with an initial public offer of stapled securities in Babcock & Brown Wind Partners....
Financial planning
Increasing inflows through financial planners will play a vital role as AMP attempts to double in size over the next five years, chief executive Andrew Mohl said today....
Funds management
Indecision by financial planners over how to allocate property to client portfolios under current market conditions was a key motivator for the launch of AMP Capital Inve...
Financial planning
AMP Financial Planning has beefed up its adviser support network by adding an extra 70 in-house staffers....
Financial planning
A repeat of the changes in funds under management seen during the March quarter will elevate Macquarie Bank to Australia’s largest asset manager, knocking Commonwealth Ba...
Life/Risk
AMP has extended its Flexible Lifetime range, introduced enhanced product features and updated commission options in the risk and insurance areas....
Financial planning
Older Australians and those more educated about super choice are more likely to stay in their existing fund when the new regime is introduced, while the less informed are...
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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...