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Adviser moves show industry upheaval

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2019
... dropping from 149 advisers to just 44. Despite news of Buyer of Last Resort changes and advisers mounting a class action, AMP Financial Planning only lost 37 advisers over the last three months. Synchronised Business Services was one of the few winners ...

Advice group chief executive to depart

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2019
... also previously held senior roles with Colonial First State, BT Financial Group and Westpac. She held a series of roles with AMP between 1988 and 1997 after which she joined Rothschild Australia Asset Management as manager, premier adviser service. Profile ...

AMP extends adviser deadline

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2019
AMP and the AMP Financial Planners Association have commented on the decision to extend the October 31 deadline originally given to financial advisers given notice by the wealth giant. Meanwhile, the AMPFPA has confirmed action against AMP will likely ...

Inflation the forgotten risk to retiree portfolios

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2019
Advisers should not underrate inflation risk when building retirement income portfolios for clients, an AMP Capital portfolio manager told attendees at Financial Standard Retirement Income Best Practice Forum in Sydney this morning. Speaking during ...

AMP contests senior lawyer's claims

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2019
... Larissa Baker Cook overplayed her role in fee-for-no-services escalation and could be "verbose and dominant" in conversations, AMP says in its defence to her claim seeking compensation for unfair dismissal. The senior lawyer dragged her former employer ...

Senior lawyer drags AMP to court

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2019
A former AMP lawyer is claiming over $2 million from the company for unfair dismissal after she raised concerns about fee-for-no-services practices with its former top executives. Larissa Baker Cook was involved in AMP's legal preparation for the ...

Growing advice group in commissions fight

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2019
... the Financial Services Council who only works in the best interests of the banks and large institutions like the disgraced AMP." Vagliviello said the main cause of discontent for advisers is the debate surrounding commissions in the life insurance industry ...

AMP Capital boosts Asia presence after record raise

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2019
After raising a record US$6.2 billion for its fourth infrastructure debt strategy, AMP Capital is ramping up its presence in Asia and opening new offices. AMP Capital head of Asia Pacific Craig Keary said: "We had a total of 86 investors from 14 countries. ...

Internal talent shuffle at AMP

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2019
AMP has redistributed talent across two business arms. After an internal shuffle, AMP Capital has a new head of transformation for its public markets business, in SuperConcepts general manager of customer service Stuart Develyn. Develyn shifts to AMP ...

AMP Capital hires fund manager from competitor

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2019
AMP Capital has appointed a new fund manager for a real estate fund that manages more than $6 billion in assets. GPT Wholesale Office Fund deputy fund manager Kit Georgeos is set to join AMP Capital as manager of the latter's Wholesale Office Fund ...