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Executive appointment round-up

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
The biggest industry moves this week are AMP's financial planning director departing after 41 years at the company and BT Financial Group hiring a new head of general insurance. Financial planning director to leave AMP - Steve Helmich will leave AMP ...

Financial planning director to leave AMP

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
AMP's executive director of financial planning will leave the group to pursue other opportunities in the industry. Steve Helmich will leave AMP in September following a 41 year career with the company. He started as a junior new business clerk in the ...

Small funds winning group risk race

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2015
... are the largest insurers by number of fund clients (23), followed by TAL (22), MetLife (20), OnePath and Hanover (17) and AMP (16). Given the low number of fund clients relative to total members covered by each insurer (in AIA's case it's three million) ...

Platform FUM up $660bn

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2015
... significant and mainly double digit percentage increases in their Masterfund business, Plan For Life said, with Macquarie, AMP, Commonwealth / Colonial and BT leading the pack. Funds under management on wraps jumped 19.8% following net fund flows of ...

Rising bond yields a blip

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015
A recent rise in bond yields across Europe, America and Australia is nothing but a blip on the radar according to Altair Asset Management chief economist, Stephen Roberts. In his latest economic insights column, Roberts said the risk of recession in ...

Managed funds jump $115 billion

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
... $742.7 billion. Most of the leading companies reported double digit annual funds under management growth led by Macquarie, BT, AMP and Commonwealth / Colonial. Gross inflows fell 20% to $36.4 billion during the March 2015 quarter however year on year ...

Government to invest in fintech security

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
... Mike Baird as a "subsidised office space to collaborate, network and investigate venture capital opportunities," with former AMP chief executive Craig Dunn appointed chair and DEXUS Property Group as property partner. Since then, demand has reportedly ...

SMSF allocation to Aussie equities hits year-low

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
... (SMSF) allocation to Australian equities has dropped to a year-low, as investment in international shares increases. The latest AMP-owned Multiport SMSF Investment Patterns Survey shows that allocation to Australian equities dropped to 38.6% in the March ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
The Australian share market looks set to open higher after a strong lead from the US stock market. At 0645 AEST on Thursday, the June share price index futures contract was up 51 points at 5,526. Wall Street rose more than one per cent as technology ...

Australians retiring young despite rising life expectancy

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2015
... retire younger than the current pension age (65), despite growing concerns over longevity risk during retirement. According to AMP.NATSEM's Income and Wealth report, Australians often enter retirement earlier than in Japan, New Zealand, Sweden and China. ...