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Dunn loses bonus shares

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012
AMP chief executive officer Craig Dunn has been forced to forfeit 777,778 shares, after the company's share price fell from $6.50 in 2010, to the current price of $4.04. The 777, 778 shares - worth approximately $3.2 million - were granted in 2010 ...

UK adviser offered 50% PI discounts

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2012
UK wealth intermediary group Tenet has introduced a 50% discount on the cost of professional indemnity (PI) insurance for advisers promoting risk-rated multi-asset funds. Tenet, a large fee for service intermediary support services group that works ...

Retirement income the big challenge

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2012
Australia has achieved a world-class superannuation savings scheme, but retirement income remains a significant challenge, according to one manager. Alan McFarlane, chief executive officer at Edinburgh-based Dundas Global Investors said the Australian ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2012
... Securities-Melbourne Institute inflation gauge for July is due out, along with ANZ job advertisements series for July and the Dun and Bradstreet business expectations survey. In equities news, Argo Investments is due to post full year results. Shares ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2012
... Securities-Melbourne Institute inflation gauge for July is due out, along with ANZ job advertisements series for July and the Dun and Bradstreet business expectations survey. In equities news, Argo Investments is due to post full year results. In Australia ...

Annuities regaining acceptance: Challenger

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012
Life annuities sales have increased rapidly following the GFC's onslaught on retirement assets, but investors and advisers are still wary about what happens to their capital if they don't live long enough to exhaust the annuity. "We now sell in a month ...

Super asset changes deliver positive return

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012
The SelectingSuper workplace default option index rose slightly during June 2012, tipping super funds into positive territory for 2011-12 with an annual return of +0.5%. While sitting below inflation, the silver lining is in the contrast with the -7% ...

AMP SMSF completes leadership team

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2012
AMP SMSF has appointed Samantha Clarke as director, SMSF Solutions, reporting to AMP SMSF managing director Paul Sainsbury, effective August 13. Clarke joins the newly formed business unit from AMP Capital where she was head of marketing. Her appointment ...

Target Maturity Funds Take Top Spot

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2012
Target Maturity funds, a form of life cycle funds, have remained the most popular sector for funds launched within the last six months in Europe with net inflows of A$1.2 billion during May alone. However, the bulk of this growth is due to just two ...

Investing in Asia conference opens for business

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2012
Australian institutional investors wanting to gain a toehold in the Asian market or learn more about how the funds management market works in the region have only a few weeks to register for the Australian Centre for Financial Studies' Investing In ...