In the footsteps of the Romans and the Ottoman Turks centuries before them, the hordes of AMP descended upon the jewel of the Bosphorus last week. Some 400 of them; the creme de la creme of AMPs financial planners, and a host of advisers from Hillross, too, also owned by AMP. In contrast to the Romans, who decided to build their empires new capital Constantinople there in 330, and the Turks, whose troops overran the city in 1453, the throng from 50 Bridge Street descended upon the ancient metropolis in planes. In the company of their spouses they overran Istanbul in five-star opulence. Unlike the Emperor Constantine and Sultan Mehmed II, AMP and its grand vizier of financial services, Steve Helmich, did not underwrite their Ottoman odyssey from the fruits of empire. It was bankrolled by the ransacking of a mandatory superannuation system. Read more: smh.au/business/sultans-of-super-set-on-developing-your-wealth-20140425-379mr.html#ixzz2zz66PR2z
Posted on: Sat, 26 Apr 2014 09:50:09 +0000
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