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AMPFP not relevant without future growth

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2013
AMP Financial Planning (AMPFP) is set to continue its adviser recruitment drive on the back of year of planner number growth, according to managing director Michael Guggenheimer. Earlier this month AMP reported 1.2% uptick in planner headcount to 30 ...

AMP fin centre opens first fee-for-service shopfront

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 AUG 2010
AMP has officially opened its retail financial planning centre in Parramatta - giving clients the opportunity to visit a one-stop shop for their planning needs. The centre was officially opened by AMP chief executive Craig Dunn and Parramatta lord mayor ...

AMP clients buy more insurance

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2009
Planners have found that many of their clients are more inclined to accept insurance advice and take new or additional cover following the global financial crisis, said Michael Guggenheimer, managing director of AMP Financial Planning. "Obviously in ...

AMP planners to use Lonsec and van Eyk

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2009
AMP Financial Planning today announced van Eyk and Lonsec as its preferred independent research house partners. The announcement follows consultation with planners and a tender process. AMP Financial Planning managing director Michael Guggenheimer said ...

AMPFP turn to IT to boost productivity

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2009
AMP Financial Planning (AMPFP), one of the largest planning groups in the country, is poised to attract more planners to its fold after plans to roll out a new IT system and the introduction of more consumer-friendly advice documents. Michael Guggenheimer ...

Success of planners a double-edged sword

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2007
Promoting financial planning may be the next big challenge for the industry, but it will also expose a chronic shortage of planners, according to AMP Financial Planning managing director Michael Guggenheimer. While the industry definitely needed to ...

AMP FP patches up the cracks

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2006
AMP Financial Planning (AMP FP) has been in the headlines for all the wrong reasons of late, but behind the hype they have been toiling in earnest to make their business regulator-safe while remaining adamant that the quality of AMP planner advice is ...

AMPFP scraps industry funds

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2006
AMP Financial Planning (AMPFP) has announced it is removing industry funds from its approved product list, citing a lack of client demand. AMPFP said that its planner network had received little demand from clients for industry funds and the costs involved ...

AMP spins off back office

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2006
AMP Financial Services (AFS) has created a new business division aimed at providing support and services to its advisers. The new division, advice based distribution (ADB), was formed after the recently secured head of AMP Financial Planning, Michael ...

AMPFP finalises new structure

AMP Financial Planning's (AMPFP) organisational restructure has been completed with the appointments of Michael Guggenheimer, Damien Janes and David Gloury to three key positions. Michael Guggenheimer has been chosen to fill the newly created position ...