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ASX appoints non-exec director

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2012
The ASX has appointed former Australian Industry Group head Heather Ridout as a non-executive director of the company. Ridout is currently a director of AustralianSuper and a member of the Board of the Reserve Bank of Australia. She will stand for election ...

Dangers of hybrid securities unrecognised: Adviser

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2012
Hybrid securities poses great dangers for investors as they become more like shares as opposed to being more bond-like in the past, according to a financial adviser. Hybrid securities are one way for companies to borrow money from investors, while paying ...

AMP North nudges $3 billion in AUM

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2012
AMP's North platform has posted a solid $639 million of net cash flows in the first half of 2012, with 91% of the net cash flows being in non-guaranteed products. AMP North has tripled its results since the first half of 2011 when net cash flows amounted ...

MLC restructures Australian Share Fund

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2012
MLC Investment Management is continuing to enhance its investment strategies and has reduced the number of mangers in its Australian Share Fund from eight to three. The managers in the fund now include Bennelong Australian Equity Partners, Antares Capital ...

ASIC warns of hybrid securities risks

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2012
ASIC has flagged warnings about the risks and complexities of hybrid securities, urging consumers to tread carefully and not be blindsided by promises of high yields. Hybrid securities are one way for companies to borrow money from investors, while ...

AMP launches group insurance offering

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2012
AMP has launched AMP Group Insurance, a new offering that combines the best features of AMP and AXA's existing stand-alone group insurance products. While the AMP Group Insurance is now open to new business, the existing AMP and AXA-branded stand-alone ...

AMP to take full ownership of Futuro

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2012
AMP has outlined plans to take full ownership of independently owned Futuro Financial Services (FFS) and merge the advice business with its own dealer group Charter Financial Planning by 2017. In March, AMP acquired a 10% stake in the advice business ...

MLC CIO steps down

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2012
MLC Investment Management, chief investment officer Nicky Richards has resigned from her role, officially departing the firm in October. Richards joined MLC in 2010 with a mandate to lead the reinvigoration of its investment management division and ...

We're revolutionising financial planning: Mortgage Choice

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2012
Mortgage Choice is set to expand into financial planning by opening up 60 franchises by 2015 to sit along side its 380 countrywide home loan businesses. The mortgage broking group plans to be Australia's fastest growing branded financial planning organisation ...

SSgA names wholesale vice president

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2012
State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) has named Amy Johnston as vice president of wholesale sales, to lead its expansion into the Australian wholesale channel. Johnston joins from Goldman Sachs Asset Management where she held the role as a national accounts ...