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“If you look at our customer base,there is an element of customers and the community doing it really tough,” says AMP chief executive Alexis George.
Many retirees are concerned about running out of savings,while also wanting to help their kids. But a new survey suggests most don’t want to respond by downsizing the family home.
While shareholders cheered the overall result as being not as bad as expected,the group was challenged over lacklustre performance by its AMP Bank division.
AMP is attempting to limit the crunch on its banking profits by targeting the small business market,investing in a new digital bank.
Alexis George,who has led the simplification of AMP since 2021,said she would pause its capital return plan given uncertainty around legal matters.
AMP is likely to pay at least $900,000 to two financial institutions after the Federal Court ruled against it in a class action.
The departure of two key executives will facilitate the financial services firm’s restructure after it dissolved its Australian wealth management business structure.
Almost half of all shareholder votes opposed AMP’s remuneration report on Friday,amid concerns about how the company set executive bonuses.
AMP,one of the oldest financial institutions in Australia,has been trying to engineer a turnaround after a major fall from grace.