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NAB gains more time on AXA deal

ASX RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2010
... between retail investment platforms. NAB needs ACCC approval for the proposal to proceed. The proposal involved NAB purchasing all of AXA Asia Pacific and divesting the Asian business to AXA SA. Separately, following the ACCC's decision, researcher Roy ...

Bad news on Good Friday

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2010
... fell by 23,000 in March. This is a bad sign. Bad! Because markets expected a 40,000 increase. Bad PMI! The Chicago Purchasing Managers index fell to 58.8 in March from 62.6 the previous month. A decline to 61.0 was expected. But is it really that bad? ...

Count buys DKN stake

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2010
... merger of DKN and Lonsdale in November 2007. Count Financial has also been busy buying financial planning businesses, purchasing a 25 per cent stake in NSW-based Evolution Advisers through its subsidiary, Countplus, in August last year. In July, Countplus ...

Merger creates $16bn mortgage aggregator

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2010
... handling the increased regulation in the industry," he said. Zulman said the group would look to grow internally and by purchasing more mortgage loan aggregators. "Longer-term our ambition is to diversify the business into the broader financial services ...

Positive contagion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2010
... - Portugal, Ireland, Greece, Spain? Budget deficits? Joblessness? All because of 1 February 2010's wonderful set of purchasing managers index (PMI), showing that the global recovery is progressing. In time, continued gains in the manufacturing economy ...

AXA pushes into Romanian life market

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2010
AXA has entered the Romanian life insurance market by purchasing Omniasig Life, which represents $18 million in premiums. Launched in 1997, Omniasig Life sells protection products that are sold through a network of 1,400 life agents. The purchase is ...

Australians as Asians

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2009
... rally. Need I tell you why? In one word - China. The country's National Bureau of Statistics reported that China's Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) remained at an 18-month high of 55.2 in November, indicating continued expansion in the manufacturing ...

Small thanks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2009
... has developed for the yellow metal. The Financial Chronicle reports that the central bank of India - after recently purchasing 200 tonnes of gold from the IMF - is offering to buy the 201.3 tonnes remaining in the IMF's coffers. But with the US dollar ...

Count: 13 times lucky

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2009
Countplus has settled its thirteenth acquisition - purchasing a 25 per cent share in Canberra-based advice firm, Achieve Corporation. Achieve, founded by Simon Mitchell in 2003, is a specialist payroll and advice firm and employs 23 people. There are ...

Bears cursed by September curse

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2009
... continue to produce conflicting signals. This is no better exemplified - again - by last night's US releases. The Chicago Purchasing Managers Index fell to 46.1 in September - signalling a fall back in business activity in the area - from 50 in the previous ...