‘Unconscionable’:ASIC sues AMP for charging thousands of dead customers

‘Unconscionable’:ASIC sues AMP for charging thousands of dead customers

The wealth giant has been hit with a lawsuit by the corporate regulator over allegations related to its charging of dead customers for life insurance and advice fees.

  • byCharlotte Grieve

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GPT moves to increase funds under management

GPT moves to increase funds under management

Property group GPT is joining the rush with its listed real estate investment trusts (REIT) peers into increasing its funds management platform,which is run through its wholesale office and shopping centre trusts.

  • byCarolyn Cummins
Asset sales in the wings as foreign investor cash rolls in

Asset sales in the wings as foreign investor cash rolls in

Australia’s low interest rates,stable economy and handling of the global pandemic has made the country one of the more popular destinations for foreign capital.

  • byCarolyn Cummins
AMP avoids second strike,despite ‘disappointing’ year

AMP avoids second strike,despite ‘disappointing’ year

The wealth giant’s board has endured a fiery AGM where shareholders questioned everything from board competency to long-term sustainability of the business.

  • byCharlotte Grieve
Dexus triumphs in control of managing AMP Capital fund

Dexus triumphs in control of managing AMP Capital fund

The real estate investment trust has triumphed in its bid to wrest control of the $5.4 billion wholesale property managed by AMP Capital,leaving the parent AMP business wounded.

  • byCarolyn Cummins
Promoted,demoted,accused of harassment:AMP’s Pahari leaves with mega cash haul

Promoted,demoted,accused of harassment:AMP’s Pahari leaves with mega cash haul

AMP has redefined bad optics. It may need to pay up to $70 million to executive rainmaker Boe Pahari,who was accused of sexual harassment.

  • byElizabeth Knight
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AMP ends Ares talks with no deal,Boe Pahari to leave

AMP ends Ares talks with no deal,Boe Pahari to leave

AMP has ended its sale process without signing a deal with US investment firm Ares. It will spin off and separately list AMP Capital’s private markets business,with controversial executive Boe Pahari to leave the company.

  • byCharlotte Grieve
Senator proposes regulation to shut down superannuation lobby groups to save fees

Senator proposes regulation to shut down superannuation lobby groups to save fees

Liberal senator Andrew Bragg has suggested regulations could force super funds’ representative bodies to merge in an aim to reduce account fees and improve returns.

  • byJennifer Duke
New AMP chief’s salary ‘generous’ but less than De Ferrari’s

New AMP chief’s salary ‘generous’ but less than De Ferrari’s

AMP’s incoming chief executive will be paid $500,000 less than her predecessor. But corporate governance experts say this has nothing to do with gender and is still above average.

  • byCharlotte Grieve
New AMP boss has broken the glass ceiling,but now faces the glass cliff

New AMP boss has broken the glass ceiling,but now faces the glass cliff

The glass cliff phenomenon is used to illustrate the tendency for women to be placed in executive positions in struggling companies where the risks of failure are great. AMP fits the description perfectly.

  • byElizabeth Knight
ANZ’s Alexis George to replace AMP chief Francesco De Ferrari

ANZ’s Alexis George to replace AMP chief Francesco De Ferrari

AMP has announced chief executive Francesco De Ferrari will leave the company within months,one week after speculation over the wealth manager’s leadership sent the group into a trading halt.

  • byCharlotte Grieve