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AMP raises Horizons intake

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2010
AMP is increasing the intake to the Horizons Financial Planning Academy by 50 per cent to cope with demand. Tim Steele, director at AMP Horizons, said the bank is increasing the planner intake from 80 to 130 for the year. He said just under 200 financial ...

Retirement savings gap to reshape Aussie workforce

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2010
... even if they are in their 50s, to avoid working for longer. "One strategy is to allocate their super into different time horizons and invest it accordingly," he said. Another option is to start a Transition to Retirement pension and take the minimum ...

AMP eyes seasoned planners

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2009
... program that could appeal to experienced planners keen to start their own practice. The new program is launched by AMP Horizons, a financial planning training academy established in 2007. The first intake of experienced planners will begin in January ...

Finance firms must highlight career opps

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2009
... money, I think it's driven by a desire to work in more complex markets," said Harvey. Finsia's survey report - Broadening horizons - investing in talent - found 84 per cent of respondents said a significant number of 'stayers' or people that would under ...

The long and short of bulls and bears

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2009
... to start building." After a few more pings and pongs we concluded that our disagreement really boils down to our time horizons - bull short term and bear further down.

Of population growth and surpluses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2009
... parameters, introducing new variables into the economic equation -- rendering forecasts especially those with longer time horizons so far off reality. Witness what happened to forecasts of surpluses in Australia as far as the eye can see. Back in the ...

Investment mandates to factor climate change

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2009
... respondents had changed or plan to alter their investment mandates to reflect climate change issues and longer investment horizons. The survey, which received responses from 31 super funds including the government backed Future Fund, also found 85 per ...

AMP planning school broadens intake

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2008
... Northern Territory in its next intake. The next intake begins next week and the program starts in January. Tim Steele, AMP Horizons Financial Planning Academy director, said there is a strong demand for planners nationally had forced the academy to extend ...

AXA locks and loads

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2007
... facts are people aren't disciplined enough to do it," he said. The fund offers three levels of risk and different time horizons for the guarantee. The lowest risk level with the longest time horizon costs 0.7 per cent, rising to 2.45 per cent for the ...

Equities without borders

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2007
... bask on the phenomenal returns of Australian equities, Conlon said the time is ripe for local investors to expand their horizons. "It's easy to sit back when the Australian market's done fantastically well for the last three or four years and say 'Who ...