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New research has revealed how well, or otherwise, Australia's financial services regulators respond to scrutiny....

Editorial

New KPMG research has revealed the degree to which Australian banks prospered through the GFC....

Financial planning

NAB chief executive Cameron Clyne makes clear the group is still in the race for AXA Asia Pacific....

Editorial

Mike Taylor explains the consequences of the ACCC's surprising decision to halt NAB's acquisition of AXA Asia Pacific....

Editorial

As the dust settles on the ACCC's decision to veto NAB's acquisition of AXA Asia Pacific, Mike Taylor writes that many have noted the degree to which the regulator's view...

Financial planning

The ACCC appears to have significantly over-estimated the impact on the Australian platforms market of NAB gaining control of AXA Asia Pacific....

Financial planning

A disappointed National Australia Bank says it disagrees with the central reason the ACCC gave for rejecting its bid for AXA Asia Pacific....

Financial planning

NAB is considering its options in the wake of the ACCC's decision to block its bid for AXA Asia Pacific - but none of them are simple or easy....

Financial planning

AXA's plans to extend the use of its Wealth.Net platform, which its North product currently sits on, has acted as the catalyst for the ACCC to block a proposed acquisitio...

Financial planning

The ACCC has opposed NAB's bid for AXA Asia Pacific, choosing to instead back AMP....

Financial planning

NAB and AXA parent may have agreed about the fine details, but the ultimate fate of the merger rests with the ACCC....

Editorial

AMP reports a $772 million underlying profit for 2009, down 5 per cent on 2008....

Financial planning

AXA Asia Pacific has reinforced its preference for National Australia Bank’s bid for its Australian wealth management assets, while saying discussions between the two gro...

Financial planning

The ACCC has pushed back the deadlines for the release of its findings regarding the NAB and AMP bids for AXA Asia Pacific....

Financial planning

The Federal Court has issued consent orders that Refund Home Loans and its director, Wayne Ormond, made false and misleading statements to franchisees, according to the A...

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