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AMP service speeds up underwriting

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2009
AMP has unveilled a new process to slash the time to access medical records, freeing up a major roadblock in the underwriting process. AMP chief underwriter Bernadene Gordon said that the new phone-based service, TeleDr, would dramatically reduce underwriting ...

Gupta joins AMP Capital board

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2009
AMP Capital Investors has appointed Ipac Securities co-founder, Peeyush Gupta, to the firm's board as an additional non-executive director. Aside from co-founding the financial planning group, Gupta was also chief executive at Ipac Securities for 12 ...

Templeton and TAAM top EM review

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2009
... out of 15 funds in the sector to be rated 'highly recommended' by Lonsec. The Lonsec annual review of the sector found the AMP Capital Asian Equity Growth fund, Arrowstreet Global Emerging Markets fund, Invesco Wholesale Asian Share fund and the Schroders ...

AMP clients buy more insurance

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2009
... advice and take new or additional cover following the global financial crisis, said Michael Guggenheimer, managing director of AMP Financial Planning. "Obviously in uncertain times, clients are more reflective of their circumstances and things like the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher on Friday after gains in equities in the US, Europe and Asia overnight, and in commodities. At 0719 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was 33 points higher ...

Retirement adequacy beats market slump

MICHELLE BALTAZAR AND RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2009
... for many Australians, last year's financial crisis was a mere blip in their future retirement income, research shows. Today AMP has released its second Superannuation Adequacy report, which it claims is the largest superannuation analysis in Australia. ...

Super funds battle for ASFA awards

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2009
AMP Financial Services, First State Super and Sunsuper are among the 16 finalists jostling for awards that recognise excellence in communicating with fund members and industry stakeholders. The awards, to be held in Sydney, at The Ivy this Thursday ...

Minimum balance dropped for BOC Super

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2009
... number of lost super accounts - those with less than $10,000 but more than $5,000 - transferred to its eligible rollover fund, AMP Eligible Rollover Fund. "This change will enable those members with moderate balances to continue to access the benefits ...

AMP Capital targets Japanese savings

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2009
AMP Capital has bought the 70 per cent stake it did not own in Gemini Advisors Securities Investments - a firm that has helped it raise more than $4 billion from Japanese retail investors. The firm bought the remaining 70 per cent of Gemini Advisors ...

Instos allocate $980m to catastrophe bonds

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2009
Bermuda-based Nephila Capital, which counts AMP and MLC as clients, has raised $980 million in the second quarter of this year from institutional investors targeting catastrophe reinsurance funds. Greg Hagood, the fund's co-founder, said pension funds ...