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

Financial planning

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 ...

Financial planning

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 ...

Editorial

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....

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Financial planning

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

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

Financial planning

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

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Financial planning

AXA Asia Pacific Holdings chief executive Andrew Penn has acknowledged the impact of continuing uncertainty around the proposed sale of his company....

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Financial planning

NAB gains extension in bid for AXA Asia Pacific with interim dividend agreed between parties....

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Financial planning

AMP wins minor strategic victory in its bid to gain control of AXA AP but NAB remains in the hunt....

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Financial planning

The New Zealand competition watchdog has delayed its decision on AMP's bid for AXA Asia Pacific for another two weeks....

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Financial planning

AXA has assured its advisers that any potential sale of its Wealth.net platform in the event of a NAB takeover will not include the North products and guarantees attached...

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Financial planning

NAB ready to divest AXA North as precursor to taking AXA AP....

Financial planning

The National Australia Bank has ensured it remains in the hunt to acquire AXA Asia Pacific by gaining an extension to its negotiating period with AXA's European parent....

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