asx amp nzx amp industry finance founded 1849 as friendly society 1998 as public company headquarters sydney australia key people craig meller ceo simon mckeon chairman products financial services net income a 884 million december 2014 total assets 110.4 billion 2015 1 owner hsbc 23 % jp morgan 13 % national nominees 11 % december 2014 number of employees 5 400 december 2014 divisions amp capital amp financial services axa asia pacific website www.amp.com.au amp asx amp nzx amp is a financial services company in australia and new zealand with superannuation and investment products insurance financial advice and banking products including home loans and savings accounts . amp formed in 1849 as the australian mutual provident society a non profit life insurance company and mutual society . in 1998 it was demutualised and listed on the australian and new zealand stock exchanges . amp has one of australia s largest shareholder registers with most shareholders living in australia and new zealand . this is because when the society demutualised all policy holders received shares in the new company . its uk operation was the subject of a demerger in 2003 separating out the henderson group . contents 1 operations 2 history 3 share price history 4 axa merger 5 see also 6 references 7 external links operations edit amp building and amp centre sydney the company provides financial planning and advice banking life insurance managed funds superannuation property listed assets and infrastructure . amp is australia s largest retail and corporate superannuation provider and is the largest life risk business in australia . one of amp s subsidiaries amp capital is the aligned wealth manager with more than a 128 billion 2 in assets under management making it one of the largest asset managers in the asia pacific excluding japan region . amp has four main business areas advice and banking provides financial planning and advice superannuation services for businesses and selected banking products . these products and services are primarily distributed through a network of self employed financial planners . amp has been granted a mysuper authority enabling it to continue to receive default superannuation contribution from 1 january 2014 . insurance and superannuation provides superannuation personal risk insurance products and self managed super fund administration support and design . these products and services are primarily distributed through a network of self employed financial planners customer solutions focuses on helping companies meet customer needs handle marketing efforts and take sales offers to market . amp capital is one of asia pacific s largest investment managers . through a team of investment professionals across the world it invests in equities fixed interest infrastructure property diversified funds and multi manager funds . it is the top 10 global investment manager in infrastructure and top 25 in real estate . history edit amp building in warwick queensland 2015 amicus statue group on the amp building in warwick david jones was a foundation director in 1848 . 3 george king was chairman for fifteen years from the 1850s . 4 richard teece was general manager and actuary from 1890 and a director from 1917 to 1927 . 5 many of the older amp buildings are now heritage listed and feature the amicus statue group . the central figure in the statue group is the goddess of peace and plenty holding a palm branch signifying peace and a cornucopia symbolising plenty . the male figure of labour sits to her left and also holds the cornucopia while the figures of the wife and the child sit on the goddess s right under her palm branch . under the statue is amp society s latin motto amicus certus in re incerta a certain friend in uncertain times . 6 share price history edit amp shares rose to almost 22.00 per share in june 2001 7 and dropped to below 3.80 in march 2009 in a sensational share collapse . see 5 may 2003 article 8 axa merger edit on 15 november 2010 amp announced a bid to merge its business with axa asia pacific holdings . the transaction was a joint proposal with axa sa under which axa sa would acquire amp s asian business and amp would acquire axa s australian and new zealand business . the australasian holdings included the former national mutual business established in 1869 which was demutualised in 1996 . axa had gained majority ownership of national mutual in 1999 and renamed the company as axa asia pacific . 9 10 the first day of the merged group operating together was 31 march 2011 with the companies to be gradually integrated and the axa brand being phased out of the australian and new zealand market by 2013 . see also edit amp building brisbane amp building rockhampton first amp building townsville second amp building townsville amp building hobart amp building perth amp building wellington amp capital amp centre sydney references edit the world s biggest public companies . forbes . as at 31 december 2012 walsh g. p. 1967 . jones david 1793 1873 . australian dictionary of biography . canberra australian national university . retrieved 27 september 2013 . rutledge martha . king george 1814 1894 . australian dictionary of biography . canberra australian national university . retrieved 4 january 2014 . bennett j. m. teece richard 1847 1928 . australian dictionary of biography . canberra australian national university . retrieved 27 september 2013 . general notes . sydney morning herald . nsw national library of australia . 22 august 1911 . p. 3 . retrieved 2 october 2015 . amp.ax historical prices amp fpo stock yahoo 7 finance . lateline 5 5 2003 amps sensational share collapse . australian broadcasting corp . axa asia pacific holdings limited . intelligent investor 2011 . the company formerly known as national mutual . marcus wong . 21 june 2011 . external links edit australia new zealand v t e s & p asx 50 companies of australia s & p asx 200 agl energy amcor amp apa asciano aurizon 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