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‘Fundamentally wrong’: Judge pans AMP’s payment to PwC for remediation review
Financial Services 2023-06-02 3:48 pm By Cindy Cameronne

It was “fundamentally wrong” that AMP paid consultant PricewaterhouseCoopers significantly more to review a court-ordered remediation than was paid to customers who suffered loss after […]

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AMP hit with $24M penalty for ‘unconscionable’ practice of charging dead customers
Financial Services 2023-05-19 12:16 pm By Christine Caulfield

A judge has ordered two AMP units to pay a total of $24 million after finding the wealth manager acted unconscionably in charging insurance premiums […]

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AMP grilled over possible breach of court orders in insurance churn case
Financial Services 2022-10-19 11:26 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has questioned AMP Financial Planning over whether it breached court orders to compensate customers after finding the firm failed to prevent a now […]

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ā€˜Surprising and concerningā€™: AMP hit with $14.5M penalty in fees for no service case
Financial Services 2022-09-20 11:00 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has imposed a $14.5 million penalty on five AMP entities, saying it was ā€œsurprising and concerningā€ that the wealth manager deducted $356,000 from […]

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‘No real contrition’: ASIC seeks $17.5M penalty against AMP in fees for no service case
Financial Services 2022-08-29 9:00 pm By Sam Matthews

ASIC has told a judge AMP should face a $17.5 million penalty for deducting $356,000 from customers’ superannuation accounts for advice they never received, saying […]

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ā€˜Concernedā€™ judge wants answers from AMP on remediation program
Financial Services 2022-08-19 11:05 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has raised concerns that AMP Financial Planning has not compensated customers for allegedly failing to prevent life insurance churning, directing the firm to […]

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AMP denies acting unconscionably by charging dead customers for life insurance
Financial Services 2022-05-10 9:50 pm By Cindy Cameronne

AMP has admitted two of its units charged customers fees for no service but denied it acted unconscionably in a case brought by the corporate […]

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AMP to face penalty in ASIC’s fees-for-no-service case
Financial Services 2022-03-10 3:59 pm By Sam Matthews

AMP has admitted to contraventions and will face a penalty in ASIC proceedings over fees-for-no-service conduct that allegedly led to upwards of $600,000 being unlawfully […]

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AMP unit settles retired planner’s suit over $1M buyout deal
Financial Services 2022-02-01 2:05 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A subsidiary of AMP has settled a retired financial planner’s lawsuit accusing the company of using ā€œunfair tacticsā€ to avoid coughing up close to a […]

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AMP’s bid to declass insurance class action ‘antithesis’ of interests of justice, court rules
Class Actions 2021-11-26 2:36 pm By Bianca Hrovat

Financial services company AMP has lost its bid to de-class representative proceedings brought on behalf of 1.5 million insurance customers. The Piper Alderman and Shine […]

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