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AXA planners may not need to rebrand: AMP

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2009
... rebrand under the AMP name, except for the financial planning network bearing the French-based group's name, if the merger proposal is successful, according to Craig Dunn, chief executive at AMP. Speaking to AMP financial planners via a teleconference ...

Years of living dangerously

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2009
Australians earning $60,000 a year or less could be forced to live on half that income when they retire, if the Government makes changes to super that "unintentionally" disadvantages low to middle-income earners. Industry body ASFA challenged new Treasury ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2009
... better takeover offer from predator AMP Ltd, involving majority owner AXA SA, after its board rejected an $11 billion proposal. RBS Morgans private client adviser Bill Bishop said the takeover activity had sparked activity in the financials sector. "There's ...

Canadian pensions pounce on Aus toll road firm

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2009
... Plan and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan approached Transurban with an unsolicited indicative non-binding acquisition proposal on Friday. As a result, Transurban's board and its advisers, Lazard and Mallesons, reviewed the proposal and rejected it on ...

AMP circles AXA Asia Pacific

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2009
... landmark deal that could, if it goes through, create a new Australian insurance and financial planning monolith. The proposal is part of a bigger deal where the parent group, AXA SA, plans to buy all of AXA AP's Asian businesses, bar the Australian and ...

Under 30s shine in Future Leaders Awards

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2009
Julia Feher from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) won this year's IFSA/Deloitte Future Leaders Awards for her paper recommending a "pay for use" financial planning business model. The IFSA/Deloitte Future Leaders Awards program ...

Macq reveals exec pay proposal

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2009
... performance-based profit share available for the chief executive and members of the group's executive committee. Part of the proposal includes a drop in the cash component of profit share for the chief executive from 70 per cent to 45 per cent. This ...

Unlisted assets should be limited: IFSA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2009
The Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) said to protect liquidity, super funds should have limits on how many illiquid investments they can hold. John Brogden, IFSA chief executive, told ABC BusinessLateLine last night that "We believe ...

Fund calculator rules to be relaxed

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2009
ASIC has proposed a relaxation of the advice rules around superannuation benefit calculators for super funds, allowing them to more easily give their members indications about whether their super savings are on track.The regulatory relief proposals ...

New tax code to drive Indian reforms

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2009
India's tax reform proposals will boost local savings, drive investment volumes and push up long term growth in the capital markets. The reforms could lead to strong savings growth for India's middle income households, according research from Mumbai-based ...