AXA ASIA PACIFIC

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

AXA chief executive Andrew Penn has revealed the degree to which the company is positioned to handle regulatory change and a fee-for-service environment....

Financial planning

The latest Dexx&r data points to the strong growth in the risk market over the closing months of last year and to the dominance that would be enjoyed by NAB/MLC if it gai...

Editorial

Mike Taylor looks at the ACCC's report on NAB's and AMP's bids for AXA Asia Pacific, as well as industry consolidation in general....

Financial planning

The National Australia Bank has used a quarterly update to reinforce its liquidity position and its growth aspirations in wealth management....

Editorial

AMP has used the release of a healthy profit announcement to restate its interest in AXA Asia Pacific....

Financial planning

AXA AP signals growth agenda with or without acquisition....

Editorial

The executive chairman of Count Financial, Barry Lambert, recently demonstrated the degree to which consolidation has become a focal point in the Australian financial ser...

Financial planning

The ACCC has raised concerns about NAB's bid for AXA Asia Pacific, focusing on the platform market....

Financial planning

The ACCC will release its findings on AMP’s now defunct bid for AXA AP today. The report is expected to give an indication of the areas of concern that may affect the NAB...

Financial planning

New analysis developed by Credit Suisse has revealed the degree to which industry consolidation has seen the big banks dominating the life insurance sector....

Financial planning

While AMP has formally acknowledged the end to its initial strategy to acquire AXA Asia Pacific, the competition regulator is reported to be examining the platform market...

Financial planning

AMP is in no rush to up its bid for AXA Asia Pacific, according to a Credit Suisse analyst....

Financial planning

National Australia Bank owned dealer group MLC is building a team of 10 staff to recruit advisers from other dealer groups as it seeks to take the lead in the game of sca...

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