ACCC chairman, Graeme Samuel has defended the time taken and the processes pursued in the decision to veto NAB’s acquisition of AXA AP....
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has warned investors to watch out for unsolicited share offers following its stop order against Hassle Free Sh...
Former head of acquisitions and succession for AXA’s Financial Advice Network, Steven Davison, has moved to Genesys Wealth Advisers to take up the newly created pos...
AMP has used an ASX briefing to declare that inorganic acquisitions are not a “must do”....
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....
AIA Group has refuted speculation that its Australian operation is for sale....
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...
The ACCC has maintained its initial opposition to NAB's acquisition of AXA Asia Pacific....
AMP chief executive Craig Dunn has warned against what he sees will be permanent damage to competition in the wealth management market if National Australia Bank’s ...
AMP has provided further fodder against the NAB acquisition of AXA Asia Pacific, releasing consumer sentiment research that reveals an aversion to bank acquisitions....
A successful acquisition of AXA Asia Pacific by National Australia Bank (NAB) would have a far more significant impact on the use of platforms by financial planners than ...
The bedding down of IOOF’s merger with AWM and its acquisition of Skandia have paid dividends for the group in the form of a record profit....
Mike Taylor writes that the ACCC's initial veto of NAB's proposed takeover of AXA Asia Pacific failed to acknowledge the most important factor: bank dominance....
Just 15 per cent of advisers said they may exit the industry over the next few years, Thats about 2,300 advisers! if ...
I think Mr. Toohey's conclusions and extrapolations are "currently" merging on the typical SMSF issue of "....prone to ...
What happened to the 700,000 million of MLC if $1.2 Billion was migrated to Expand but Expand had only 512 Million in in...