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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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....

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

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...

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...

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

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...