AMP has announced that it would maintain AXA North and AMP Flexible Super as part of its product and platform plans for the AXA/AMP merger.
AMP’s SignatureSuper would be its medium and large corporate superannuation product, while AMP Flexible Super would target small to medium businesses, the group added.
AMP would continue to invest in its two distinctive insurance offerings — AMP’s Flexible Lifetime Protection and AXA’s Elevate — to ensure they remained competitive, AMP stated. However, within the next two years the company would build a new retail insurance product range that would take the best attributes of the two current offerings.
AMP and AXA’s group risk products would remain, while the group aimed to enhance AMP’s group risk offer that supported AMP’s mastertrust superannuation product and invest in AXA’s stand-alone offer to capitalise on profitable growth opportunities.
The Future Fund’s CIO Ben Samild has announced his resignation, with his deputy to assume the role of interim CIO.
The fund has unveiled reforms to streamline death benefit payments, cut processing times, and reduce complexity.
A ratings firm has placed more prominence on governance in its fund ratings, highlighting that it’s not just about how much money a fund makes today, but whether the people running it are trustworthy, disciplined, and able to deliver for members in the future.
AMP has reached an agreement in principle to settle a landmark class action over fees charged to members of its superannuation funds, with $120 million earmarked for affected members.