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IFM and QIC to compete for Port of Melbourne

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2016
... consortium bids to acquire the 50-year lease of the Port of Melbourne. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) said it will not oppose the two separate proposals after carefully considering potential cross-ownership interests and vertical ...

Link considers Pillar bid

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2016
... it decides to progress with a bid it may submit for Pillar's assets. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) indicated that it will commence a public informal merger review in respect of Links' possible bid. "Link Group generally remains ...

Treasurer opens doors to ASX competition

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2016
... that, the CFR would "set out regulatory expectations for ASX conduct while it remains a sole provider," and finally, the ACCC would be "given power to arbitrate disputes about access to ASX clearing and settlement services." ASX ownership restrictions ...

Super funds cautious about administration

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2015
... monopolistic environment." CareSuper chair Cate Wood said the fund found the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission's (ACCC) decision to allow the Link Group purchase was interesting. "We viewed it from a fund level about competition but they ...

ACCC approves Federations Centres and Novion merger

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2015
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) will not oppose Federation Centres' proposed acquisition of Novion Property Group, paving the way for the new combined group to become a major player in Australia's highly concentrated institutional ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2015
... National Australia Bank's quarterly business survey. Meanwhile, chair of the Competition Policy Review Panel Ian Harper and ACCC chairman Rod Sims are slated to speak at a CEDA event in Brisbane. CEDA NSW Property Market Outlook includes a speech from ...

Labor backs ASIC data retention authority

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2015
... Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security for its recommendations, emphasising the importance of "authorising ASIC and the ACCC to have access to telecommunications data to assist those agencies in the investigation and prosecution of white-collar ...

Adviser Ratings attracts mostly positive reviews

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2014
... Financial Standard that Adviser Ratings tracks the comments following the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) rules and its own set of rules. "We have detected two false reviews so far," Woods said. The website launched with an initial ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014
... Cordell CEO Michael Hughes and HIA economist Harley Dale. In equities news, Federal Court holds a directions hearing in the ACCC's case against Informed Sources and petrol retailers for alleged collusion, while Sydney Airport chief executive Kerrie Mather ...

CBA looks for plaintiffs to assist in remediation process

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014
Commonwealth Bank (CBA) is in advanced discussions with a number of plaintiff law firms that will act as independent consumer advocates in the Open Advice Review program to compensate victims of poor financial advice. CBA is expecting to announce the ...