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AMP taking its time with planning business

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2011
AMP's merger with AXA brings around 3000 financial planners under the same roof - almost double the size of its nearest competitor. Merging the two entities for maximum returns is a task AMP is not rushing into. Craig Meller, Managing Director of AMP's ...

AMP denies NZ takeover intentions

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2011
AMP has distanced itself from takeover talk surrounding New Zealand company, Skellerup, after the merger with AXA pushed its holdings above 20 per cent. Through the merger with AXA, AMP has acquired a number of New Zealand assets including holdings ...

North opens Bluedoor to bright future

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2011
... trades. About 2600 financial advisers will be using the technology through the North platform, offered by the newly merged AXA and AMP. Mark Cassar, executive director product development for DST Global Solutions, the company that created Bluedoor, said ...

Insurance bodies tackle longevity risk

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2011
... those products and also on how you shift the onus from state to individual in an equitable way," said Carpenter. Life insurer, AXA Australia, has moved to address the risk of longevity through upgrades to its Elevate offering. "As we have seen with the ...

AMP readies for sale to AXA SA

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
AMP will have the AXA Asia business for just one day before selling it back to AXA SA on April 1. Craig Meller, managing director of AMP financial services said the "marriage of AMP and AXA Australia" was structured like property transaction with the ...

AXA deal frees AllianceBernstein to target retail

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
Fund manager AllianceBernstein LP will shift its focus towards the retail market following its acquisition of AXA Asia Pacific Holding's 50 per cent share in their Australian joint venture. AllianceBernstein will pay AXA a price "in the millions of ...

AXA releases new North

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
AXA has officially launched its next generation of the North platform, revealing the upgrade to over 2,000 advisers on its roadshows this week. As previously reported by Financial Standard, the North's new generation platform builds on the capital guaranteed ...

Threadneedle adds insto director

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
... experience includes investment and client relationship growth manager roles at third party distribution partners including Zurich, AXA, Nationwide, Prudential and Skandia when he worked in London. Wesley will be based in Brisbane.

AXA departs AllianceBernstein JV

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 28 MAR 2011
Alliance Bernstein is to buy out AXA Asia Pacific Holdings' 50 per cent share of their joint venture, AXA-AllianceBernstein Australia, as the fallout of the merger between AMP and AXA begins. AXA said that AllianceBernstein would take 100 per cent ownership ...

Speed bumps to annuities

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2011
... retirees who survive to a given age. On the Australian market, Challenger has released a new generation of lifetime annuity with AXA, Macquarie and OnePath entering the fray when it launched variable annuity-style products. Nick Callil, a Towers Watson ...