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Industry funds challenged by lack of in-house advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015
... are struggling to retain members at the critical point of retirement," it added. While ANZ, MLC, Colonial First State (CFS), AMP and BT Financial Group have an average of 1,000 superannuation members per adviser, the figure is much higher for advisers ...

FEATURE: Inflation plus investing

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015
... to appear during the 70s and the 80s, when there started to be a need to monitor and measure similar investment managers, AMP Capital chief investment officer of the multi-asset group, Sean Henaghan explains. While the system proved to be effective for ...

AMP China Fund changes "too weak": unit holders

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015
The largest independent unit holder of the China Growth Fund (AGF) has labeled AMP Capital's effort to reduce the discount "extremely disappointing and too weak." LIM Advisors is directly contacting other unit holders of the fund as it considers that ...

AMP offers Adviser Academy course via Griffith

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2015
AMP has redesigned its Horizons adviser education program and is now offering its Adviser Academy course through Griffith University. Changes in the redesign of the course include: raising entry standards to a degree equivalent, provisioning for graduates ...

AB appoints regional manager

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2015
... AllianceBernstein (AB) has appointed a regional manager. Stephen Nguyen will be based in AB's Melbourne office. He joins the firm from AMP, where he was a business development manager. Prior to that, he held a similar role at Aviva/MLC. He has also held ...

Many APLs still block managed account usage

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015
... by their clients. This greater awareness of managed accounts explains why almost all the major wealth management brands - AMP, CFS, BT, ANZ, Macquarie, MLC, netwealth - now offer these next generation platform solutions to their advisers, whether that ...

Aberdeen beefs up local distribution team

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015
... Aberdeen Asset Management has added an investment specialist to its distribution team. Josh Hall joins the fund manager from AMP Capital where he was senior product solutions manager for two and a half years. Hall has a range of experience in Australian ...

KPMG pinpoints stagnant insurance industry

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015
... insurance executives across 20 countries, including life insurers like MetLife, Life Insurance Made Easy (LIME), Beagle Street and AMP. The report found that less than a third of insurers surveyed identified as "early adopters" or "first movers" with ...

Expect slow "boil" Fed hikes: Hamish Douglass

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015
... Securities) "moved lower". The clear indication there is that the Fed is worried about inflation expectations moving lower. AMP Capital chief economist Shane Oliver said that for Australia, the Fed's decision is a mixed blessing. "On the one hand it ...

Ellerston named hedge fund of the year

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015
... Qato Capital Market Neutral Long/Short Fund. Acadian (long/short), AQR (global macro), Laminar (fixed income and credit), AMP (multi strategy) and Henderson (best off-shore) won the other category awards. Ellerston's Mark Bennett was also honoured for ...