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AMP prioritises reinsurance, grows advice arm

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2017
AMP is ramping up its reinsurance strategy in an effort to release $500 million in capital from its life insurance business and curb volatile earnings in a "challenging industry." AMP chief executive Craig Meller today announced the company signed a ...

Wages separate businesses from consumers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2017
Not happy Jan! This is the collective cry of Australian consumers according to the latest Westpac-Melbourne Institute consumer sentiment survey. Yet only a day before, the NAB business survey showed that business conditions in July were at their best ...

Roaring forties produce super member tailwinds

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2017
... was the Local Government Super High Growth option, returning 14% during the period. Also inside Rainmaker's top five were AMP Simple Default Fund MySuper 1970s (13.6%); Telstra Super Corporate Plus MySuper Growth (13.3%); Colonial First State FirstChoice ...

IOOF grows against the grain

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2017
IOOF credited the onboarding of about 50 advisers last financial year as a driving force behind its 131% increase in advice net flows. In what IOOF described as "counter to industry trend", its growing adviser numbers - including the 33 that joined ...

Cbus chief executive wins FEAL award

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2017
... best practice in sustainability and diversity exemplifies what the Fund Executive of the Year award sets out to highlight," AMP Capital head of institutional business Tim Nation said. Atkin has been chief executive of Cbus since 2008, a fund which manages ...

Super funds must address climate risk: Market Forces

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2017
... 18 were found to have disclosed adequate evidence that they have considered climate risk. These included large retail funds AMP and BTFG and industry funds AustralianSuper, Cbus, VicSuper, UniSuper, Sunsuper and HESTA. Overall, retail funds represent ...

Douglass makes case for Magellan turnaround

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2017
Ahead of the company's annual results next week, Magellan Financial Group chief executive Hamish Douglass explained to investors why the flagship global equity fund has swung back into outperformance after disappointing returns last year. While 2016-17 ...

Vanguard recruits former industry fund CIO

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2017
... Super. Prior to MIESF, McLaughlin held roles with the Victorian Funds Management Corporation, State Street Global Advisors, AMP Capital and Westpac Investment Management.

An institutional approach to retirement advice

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2017
Retiree portfolios stand to benefit from the asset-liability management used by institutional investors, according to AMP Capital senior portfolio manager Darren Beesley. Speaking at the inaugural Financial Standard Best Practice Forum on Retirement ...

Investment managers turning to hungry retail market

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 24 JUL 2017
... the very least under-tapped. "There were always retail exposures, but they had generally been by a financial services firm - AMP or Colonial, say - who would package it up. What I've noticed recently, though, is that there's a changing appetite for retail ...