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Integration key to AXA bid

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2010
... you end up with vastly different outcomes in relative market power, and this is where the focus should be. For example, if AMP wins the race for AXA, the top three platform players will have almost identical market share and this could, arguably, boost ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2009
... of Dubai's troubled sovereign investment arm. Woodside Petroleum's $2.5 billion capital raising and the increased bid from AMP and France's AXA SA for AXA Asia Pacific also were providing stimulus to the market, he said. "I think the market's got a nice ...

AMP and AXA SA propose final offer

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2009
AMP and AXA SA have sweetened the bid for AXA Asia Pacific, increasing the cash component of the proposal in a move that the firms said is their best and final offer. The revised proposal means AXA Asia Pacific's minority shareholders are being offered ...

Van Eyk ventures into NZ

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2009
Van Eyk Research has taken its first major step into the New Zealand market with the signing of AMP Financial Services New Zealand as an anchor client. Van Eyk chief executive Mark Thomas said the firm has watched closely the emergence of the Kiwi Saver ...

REIT review shows signs of stability

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2009
... flows. Gearing has also lowered to more appropriate levels and dividends are better aligned with underlying free cash flow. The AMP Capital Listed Property Trust fund's rating remained stable at 'four stars' and BT Wholesale - Property Securities Fund ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2009
... advanced 10 cents to $11.90. AXA Asia Pacific led the wealth managers higher, rising 20 cents, or 3.5 per cent, to $5.88. AMP added seven cents to $6.22, Perpetual jumped $1.05, or three per cent, to $35.70 and investment bank Macquarie Group gained ...

Advisers prepare for spike in insurance sales

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2009
... service metrics by advisers who write business with them. The research covered all the major life companies including AIA, AMP, Asteron, Aviva, AXA, CommInsure, ING, Macquarie, MLC, Tower and Zurich.

AMP Cap appoints Japan MD

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2009
AMP Capital Investors has appointed Toshiaki Yamashita as managing director and representative director in Japan after he joined the firm in July in a similar role. Yamashita previously worked at AMP Capital in Japan as acting managing director. He ...

AXA Asia Pacific taps SMSFs, restructures fees

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2009
... more than 6,000 independent financial advisers (IFAs) use AXA products. The firm's strategy mirrors a similar decision by AMP to move towards a fixed-fee advice model by mid next year. AMP also said that its APL will only include managed fund products ...

Retirement savings only last a few years

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2009
... sync with their savings - with new research showing that retirement funds only last a few years before they dry up. The 24th AMP.NATSEM Income and Wealth Report noted that Australians are expected to spend around 20 years in retirement after age 65. ...