axa asia pacific

Financial planning

AMP unlikely to extend exclusivity agreement

Saturday will be 'just another day' as AMP's exclusivity agreement with AXA SA falls away....

Financial planning

AXA AP expected to play up good Asia results

AXA AP is likely to play up good results revealed in the release of its new business and fund flows for the 12 months ended December 31, 2009, which showed particularly g...

Editorial

Banks tighten grip on platforms market

While much of the debate around NAB/MLC’s acquisition of AXA Asia Pacific has focused on who controls which dealer group, Mike Taylor argues that control of the platforms...

Editorial

Big four banks throw their weight around

The global recession generated by the sub-prime crisis has served to reinforce the dominance of Australia’s major banks across almost all segments of the nation’s financi...

Financial planning

AXA acquisition key to retail super crown

New analysis published by Citi Group has revealed the degree to which National Australia Bank's acquisition of AXA Asia Pacific would change the shape of the retail super...

Financial planning

Banks carve up platform market

Control of the Australian platform market has nearly halved in the past four years to be dominated by three of the nation's big four banks, a situation that would be exac...

Financial planning

NAB completes due diligence on AXA

With the due diligence hurdle crossed, regulatory issues remain for NAB on its AXA APH bid....

Editorial

AXA APH expects profits to exceed forecasts

AXA Asia Pacific Holdings' (AXA APH's) 2009 profit is likely to exceed current forecasts, with profit after tax and non-recurring items at about $675 million, according t...

Financial planning

ACCC should focus on jobs in NAB proposal

Employment issues should be considered alongside competition in the acquisition of AXA AP....

Financial planning

Death of trail commissions creates revenue black hole

Trailing commissions account for 35 per cent of revenue in the financial planning industry....

Financial planning

Australian Unity strengthens capital markets team

Former Westfield Group and AXA Asia Pacific executive Osvaldo Acosta to manage debt covenants across Australian Unity’s property trust portfolio....

Financial planning

The game’s not over for AMP

While NAB's offer for AXA Asia Pacific's Australian and New Zealand businesses seems to have upped AMP's bid by 4 per cent, the game may not be over yet for AMP....