IOOF

Financial planning

IOOF chief Chris Kelaher says the company remains acquisitive, describing its play for AXA’s North as opportunistic, not strategic....

Life/Risk

Multiple insurers not on the cards, yet

Introducing an additional insurer – Asteron – on its FirstChoice platform may make Colonial First State a leader, but it appears to be short of followers at p...

Editorial

AMP finds itself alone in the chase for AXA Asia Pacific

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

New AMP bid for AXA AP expected

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

Financial planning

***Newsflash*** ACCC blocks NAB's bid for AXA

The ACCC has maintained its initial opposition to NAB's acquisition of AXA Asia Pacific....

Financial planning

IOOF too small to compete: AMP

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 ...

Editorial

IOOF’s record profit

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....

Financial planning

Is North NAB’s Trojan horse?

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s rationale for blocking the National Australia Bank (NAB) bid for AXA Asia Pacific, and the cost to NAB of handing the...

Financial planning

Will NAB do whatever it takes to acquire AXA Asia Pacific?

NAB's determination to acquire AXA Asia Pacific reflects not only the potential threat posed by a larger and more aggressive AMP but also, as Mike Taylor reports, a degre...

Financial planning

AXA’s parent agrees to NAB extension

AXA’s European parent has agreed to settle in and wait for the outcome of the ACCC’s consideration of NAB’s revised offer....

Financial planning

ACCC confirms NAB ready to divest North

NAB offers divestiture of North to IOOF to secure acquisition of AXA....

People & Products

Two key sales and distribution appointments for IOOF

IOOF has announced the appointment of Rory Toal and Leah Waldie as the company's new Southern and Northern region managers, respectively. They will commence their new rol...

Financial planning

Platforms in Pursuit of IOOF

IOOF's Pursuit platform has broken the dominance enjoyed by Colonial First State in the Wealth Insights Platform Service Level Survey....

Tools & guides

Challenges to a client's estate

In the event of a successful challenge to a client's estate, traditional strategies preventing assets falling into the estate and being distributed against the client's w...