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AMP should stop whining: Slater and Gordon

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2020
Law firm Slater and Gordon has slammed AMP chief executive Francesco De Ferrari's criticism of litigation funding and class actions, as AMP continues to battle lawsuits sparked by the Royal Commission. Slater and Gordon head of class actions Ben Hardwick ...

AMP approved product list under fire

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2020
The approved product lists AMP financial advisers are beholden to have come under fire from the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics. Labor MP Andrew Leigh questioned AMP chief executive Francesco De Ferrari on how the institution ...

Chief economist update: This rebound is brought to you by the letter V

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
... with a trade war with Trump. America threatened to impose additional tariffs worth around US$3.1 billion of exports from France, Germany, Spain and the UK. That, or they could wait until saner minds prevail at the November 2020 US presidential elections. ...

Australia lagging on robo-advice

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020
... from Investment Trends latest Robo-advice Report, which surveyed around 20,000 online investors in the US, UK, Germany, France, Singapore, Hong Kong and Australia to find that not only is Australia struggling with adapting, it is being left behind by ...

BNP Paribas appoints APAC custody lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020
... grow with the support of our market-leading team," the spokesperson said. Dubois currently leads Securities Services for France and Belgium, a role he has held for nearly five years. In all, he has been with BNP Paribas for 27 years, having commenced ...

AMP Capital names new chief

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020
AMP Capital has named a new chief executive to take over from Adam Tindall who is retiring after five years in the role. Boe Pahari, AMP Capital's current global head of infrastructure equity and director, North-West region (UK, Europe and the Americas) ...

Chief economist update: Australian recession - the next generation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2020
... contraction in the March 2020 quarter is top of the pops compared with the US (-1.3%), the Eurozone (-3.8%), Germany (-2.2%), France (-5.3%), Italy (-5.3), Japan (-0.9%), the UK (-2.0) and China (-9.8%). This justifies the Reserve Bank of Australia's ...

AMP defends hefty remuneration bill

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020
During the AMP annual general meeting chair David Murray defended the pay packet chief executive Francesco De Ferrari and the board continue to take home despite the company's woes. The 2019 AMP remuneration report was rejected by shareholders. ...

AMP NZ wealth divestment off

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020
AMP will no longer divest its New Zealand wealth management business, after it did not receive any offers that met the company's expectations. It also pointed to the economic and market disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic as a reason for ...

Chief economist update: Eurozone good news to get worse before it gets better

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2020
... eased lockdown and social distancing restrictions, among them the single currency region's biggest economies - Germany, France, Italy and Spain. This relative optimism is reflected in the sharp drop in the VStoxx (Euro Stoxx 50 Volatility Index) ...