ACCC

Financial planning

The Commonwealth Bank is free to pursue an acquisition of Count Financial after being given the green light by the ACCC....

People & Products

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has announced the appointment of Peter Kell and Greg Tanzer as the regulator’s new commissioners....

Financial planning

The ACCC has called for submissions on the Commonwealth Bank's acquisition of Count Financial....

People & Products

Outgoing ACCC chairman, Graeme Samuel, will soon run the Melbourne office of independent investment bank Greenhill Caliburn....

Financial planning

The Government has been accused of breaching its own guidelines in appointing the new ASIC and the ACCC chairmen....

Financial planning

The Federal Government has introduced legislation to Parliament to prevent price signalling between banks regarding mortgage rate increases....

Financial planning

Empowerment of credit unions and building societies may prove advantageous to planners....

Financial planning

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) and New Zealand Commerce Commission have announced cross-appointments, which follows the Single Economic Market ...

Financial planning

Curbing the banks’ ability to comment on their funding costs and interest rate intentions would result in a one-sided public debate, the Australian Bankers’ A...

Editorial

Nobody should be terribly surprised that AMP turned suddenly coy in its desire to acquire AXA Asia Pacific. It was all part of a renewed corporate mating ritual....

Financial planning

ACCC chairman, Graeme Samuel has defended the time taken and the processes pursued in the decision to veto NAB’s acquisition of AXA AP....

Funds management

It costs anywhere between $30 million and $100 million to establish a retail investment platform and the ACCC believes no new players will be ready to ante up – par...

Financial planning

A national advertising campaign to be run by AXA Asia Pacific over the next fortnight seeks to make a silver lining out of the ACCC’s blocking of its proposed marri...

Financial planning

With few regulatory hurdles in the way, AMP is expected to announce a renewed bid for AXA AP....

Financial planning

Competition in the retail investment platform market remained at the heart of the ACCC’s concerns, with IOOF deemed unable to provide the necessary competitive dyna...

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