Private debt funds are flavour of the month 09 May 2024 12:47AM Latest news John Kavanagh AMP is committing $300 million in seed funding to its Alternative Debt Fund. read more
Long build for AMP SME bank 15 April 2024 7:01AM Latest news Ian Rogers AMP will take until early 2025 to roll out AMP Bank’s new digital small business proposition. read more
AMP Bank lending collapses 05 April 2024 8:19AM Latest news John Kavanagh After putting the brakes on home loan origination in the second half of last year, in response to margin pressure, AMP Bank is now suffering a big runoff in its mortgage book. read more
AMP boss stands by bank despite sliding returns 15 February 2024 5:36AM Latest news George Lekakis Volume growth in AMP’s banking arm stalled in the December 2023 half as tumbling interest margins forced the company to pull back on home lending activity. read more
AMP pivots to SME banking 17 November 2023 5:31AM Latest news Ian Rogers AMP will invest $60 million to launch a new digital bank for small business, with aspirations to more than treble its market share. read more
AMP flags 'subdued' growth and margin erosion in banking arm 19 October 2023 3:56AM Latest news George Lekakis AMP’s locally listed scrip underperformed most other financial services stocks on Wednesday after the company warned of margin pressure in its banking business. read more
Briefs: NAB's Mentis retires; CBA appoints head of small business banking; and more 06 October 2023 5:19AM Latest news Banking Day staff NAB chief digital, data and analytics officer Angela Mentis will retire next month, after 17 years at the bank. read more
RMBS margins narrow 14 September 2023 4:55AM Latest news John Kavanagh AMP Bank’s latest issue of residential mortgage-backed securities was priced at much narrower spreads than the bank’s previous transaction in March, reflecting less RMBS issuance this year and continu.. read more
AMP coughs up $110m to settle shareholder class action 22 August 2023 5:37AM Latest news George Lekakis AMP shareholders who sued the company over its failure to disclose to regulators its notorious fee-for-no-service practices have settled the case for A$110 million. read more
AMP Bank's sales problem 11 August 2023 3:18AM Latest news Ian Rogers AMP will probably be keeping its bank, but would be wise to go looking for a buyer. read more
AMP investors take another hit after Federal Court decision 06 July 2023 2:40AM Latest news George Lekakis AMP’s ASX-listed scrip was dumped on Wednesday after a Federal Court decision potentially exposed the company to a raft of compensation payouts to aggrieved financial planners affected by controversia.. read more
AMP launches open banking service 05 May 2023 4:41AM Latest news John Kavanagh AMP has launched an open banking service designed to streamline and enhance its advisers’ and brokers’ dealings with clients. read more
Briefs: ANZ group executive departs, AMP Bank launches mortgage broker finance 02 May 2023 5:05AM Latest news Banking Day staff ANZ’s group executive talent and culture and service centres, Kathryn van der Merwe, is leaving the bank to work at Telstra. read more
AMP Bank hit with deposit outflows 20 April 2023 5:39AM Latest news John Kavanagh AMP Bank has joined the growing list of ADIs whose deposit books are in decline, reporting that customer deposits fell 1.6 per cent in the March quarter. read more
AMP Bank reworks strategy and brand to win low-risk borrowers 06 April 2023 4:33AM Latest news George Lekakis AMP Group last night clarified an apparent inconsistency in the 2022 net profit reported for its banking subsidiary. read more
RMBS issuance holds up in March 31 March 2023 5:32AM Latest news John Kavanagh The local mortgage-backed securities market showed no obvious signs of pressure during March, as AMP Bank, Thinktank, Firstmac, LaTrobe and Liberty all got deals away. read more
AMP Bank misses the margin boost 17 February 2023 5:52AM Latest news John Kavanagh AMP Bank has gone against the trend, missing the opportunity provided by higher interest rates to improve margins in 2022, instead suffering a 24 basis point fall in its net interest margin. read more
AMP Bank enters the shared equity market 23 November 2022 6:02AM Latest news John Kavanagh AMP Bank has formed a partnership with property investment company Bricklet to offer first home buyers a shared equity option to overcome the deposit barrier. read more
AMP Bank IT investments yet to pay off 12 August 2022 4:36AM Latest news John Kavanagh AMP Bank has been investing in the digitisation of its business for the past couple of years but there wasn’t much to show for it in its latest results. read more
Briefs: Banker joins AMP board, ANZ credits stablecoin transaction 28 June 2022 6:04AM Latest news Banking Day staff Former JP Morgan Chase head of investment banking, Australia and New Zealand, Andrew Best, is joining the AMP Ltd board as a non-executive director. read more