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Adviser associations to merge

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2022
... a general meeting in April. The merger is a natural step given the TAA is itself the result of the merger of the AMP Financial Planners Association and Hillross Advisers Association in 2020. TAA chief executive Neil Macdonald welcomed the body and its ...

AMP North caps fees to expand adviser footprint

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2022
AMP is lowering the maximum administration fees charged for MyNorth Investment and MyNorth Super accounts on its North platform. According to an AMP statement, the new limits on administration fees as part of an effort to push further into the IFA market. ...

AMP wants life insurance caps raised, fees lowered

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2022
AMP has called for the federal government to review life insurance model fees and caps placed on financial advisers, warning the current climate will lead to an underinsured population. The wealth manager picked at old wounds in its submission to the ...

Bravura to welcome new chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2022
A former director of corporate superannuation at AMP will take over as chief executive and managing director of Bravura Solutions. After 15 years with the company, Nick Parsons will step down as chief executive. On his decision, he said: "During my ...

How AMP plans to bounce back

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2022
... financial performance in recent years, largely because of all that was exposed by the Royal Commission. In rectifying this, AMP opted against paying a dividend to shareholders in 2021. Today, Hazelton said the company is still not able to pay one. However ...

CountPlus names chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2022
... prior to that, oversaw Commonwealth Financial Planning and BankWest Financial Advice. He also spent close to six years with AMP, first as chief executive of Hillross Financial Services and then as director of strategy and transformation for AMP's advice ...

Remembering Steve Williams

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2022
... space for more than 30 years. Throughout that time, he also held several senior business development roles, most notably with AMP Capital and BT Financial Group. Tributes have flowed for Williams, with friends and colleagues describing him as a true ...

AIST proposes crisis preparedness standards to APRA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2022
... always act in the best interests of members and the motivation to draw a profit for the benefit of shareholders with a financial stake, as the latter does not exist." "This ensures that any collection and use of revenue is done with the guiding principle ...

3000 advisers left industry last year

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2022
... entrants into the sector in the year to March end doubled from 84 at end 2021 to 156 at end March 2022. AMP Financial Planning is the largest advice licensee with 588 financial advisers, ahead of second place Morgans Financial with 452 and Synchron with ...

Adviser numbers close in on 17k

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2022
... follows a similar trend in which 800 hung up their boots between mid-December 2021 and 20 January 2022. AMP Financial Planning currently leads the pack in terms of adviser numbers with 591, losing only eight representatives between March 17 and mid-December ...