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AMP trains staff on insurance services

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2010
AMP has unveiled a new training program to boost staff expertise in life insurance - a move that is expected to help AMP better service financial planners. AMP, in conjunction with the Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance, developed ...

AMP hires planner recruitment head

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2010
... managed the recruitment of 1,200 staff nationally," Steele said. "An immediate priority for Julia will be refining our assessment process for prospective candidates and identifying new talent pools for attracting high calibre candidates to the program ...

S&P downgrades Challenger Aus Share funds

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2010
... the Australian Share Income Fund, we have placed the fund 'on hold' pending an upcoming review, which will include assessment of the team's fundamental research coverage. This review is due to take place next month," said S&P Fund Services analyst, Michael ...

AMP upgrades insurance

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2010
... client's application, which allows them to deal with any issues quickly. Assisting this process is AMP's electronic pre-assessment tool, which will arrange medicals and blood tests with the insured and the health provider. "AMP is also reducing the number ...

Cooper wants collectables banned from SMSFs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2010
... Act. It could be modelled on the Taxation Administration Act 1953 penalty framework, which includes penalty units and assessment objection. Alternatively, the panel said the administrative penalty approach could be modelled on the Financial Sector (Collection ...

Investors get $250m compensation for crook advice

FSA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2010
Unsuitable advice on pension switching in the UK still abound - prompting the UK's Financial Services Authority to publish new findings that will see advice firms pay $250 million in compensation to investors. The FSA found that a number of firms were ...

Perpetual Select Super to slash insurance premium by 40pc

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2010
... Wealth. According to a press statement, other changes include allowing members to transfer existing cover without risk assessment. The plan will also allow salary continuance cover with flexible waiting and benefit periods. According to a spokesperson ...

New credit ratings agency in town

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAR 2010
Australia's credit ratings market has a new entrant - Corporate Scorecard - which recently received the green light from ASIC to operate as a licensed Credit Ratings Agency. According to a press release, CSC is the first Australian-owned CRA to obtain ...

Fitch scare

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2010
... already downgraded Portugal to Aa2 last 13 January. So did Standard & Poor's when it lowered Portugal's long-term credit assessment of Portugal to "negative" from "stable" back last 7 December 2009. According to Fitch, Portugal's GDP is "significantly ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2010
... higher on Wednesday after the US central bank again pledged to hold interest rates low and gave a mildly optimistic assessment of the world's largest economy. Hong Kong's market jumped 361.56, or 1.7 per cent, to 21,384.49. China's main Shanghai index ...