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AMP advisers prepare for battle

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2019
... 90% of the AMPFPA's members have confirmed they will support legal action against the group, with the association saying AMP is simply offloading practices it can no longer profit from. The AMP Financial Planning Association has prepared legal packs ...

Chief economist update: Whatever it takes, however long it takes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2019
Financial Standard already said its piece several days before the European Central Bank's (ECB) September 12 meeting, concluding that: "Super Mario would want to go out with a bang (his last month in office) and do "whatever it takes" to mitigate ...

ASIC prepares to be primary super conduct regulator

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2019
... includes details of ASIC's close and continuous monitoring program which has seen ASIC staff on-site at the major banks and AMP for 164 out of 222 working days meeting with staff at all levels. The regulator intends for these reviews to enable early ...

Calls to give ASIC power to repair reputations

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2019
... the corporate watchdog in its bank bill swap rate rigging case against Westpac, NAB and ANZ, as well as acting counsel for AMP at the financial services Royal Commission, has spoken out about the consequences of the reputations that were unfairly trashed. ...

Industry fund adds to investment team

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2019
... Research. ACSRF chief investment Michael Block said the fund has run a responsible investment option (previously managed by AMP and now managed by Australian Ethical) since 2002 and the new appointment will build its ESG capabilities in the main fund. ...

Priced out: Advice affordability at risk

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2019
The issue of affordability is plaguing the financial advice industry, further compounded by recent action taken by both AMP and MLC Wealth. Speaking at the recent Association of Financial Advisers' National Conference, AFA general manager of policy ...

Beware dodgy auditors, sudden CFO moves: Plato

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2019
... around dividend traps. The investment manager predicts when companies are likely to cut their dividends. Hamson said that AMP's performance was an example of a dividend trap. "If you're trading on extremely high yield because the share price has fallen ...

ANZ/OnePath worst performer again

KRISTI CHENG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2019
... worst-performing super funds, according to Stockspot's Fat Cat Funds Report for 2019. Joining them at the top this year however is AMP, which now also owns 11 fat cat funds, up from three last year. Taking out second place is Perpetual with four fat ...

AMP hires head of whistleblowing

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2019
AMP has appointed a group whistleblowing officer as it pumps $100 million into its governance, risk and controls. Anne-Marie Paterson steps into the role, joining AMP from Commonwealth Bank where she was the executive manager and whistleblower investigation ...

Tribeca Alpha Plus leaks $600m, rebuilds

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2019
... with a similar strategy but an absolute-return addition, with two Tribeca colleagues Peter Moore and James Delaney and former AMP Capital colleague Kelli Meager. Zenith downgraded the Tribeca Alpha Plus Fund on the day after he left. Morningstar followed ...