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AXA sells UK life and savings business

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2010
UK insurance investor, Resolution Limited, has bought AXA's UK life risk business for $4.7 billion. The deal involves a $3.8 billion cash payment to AXA and up to $860 million paid to AXA in Deferred Consideration Notes. The transaction is financed ...

Aviva, AMP and CommInsure top insurance

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2010
... Aviva's top spot was driven by "superior transaction capabilities", according to the report. However, CommInsure's WriteAway and AXA Elevate were not far behind, with their 2009 launches paving the way for more improvements and demands this year. "Until ...

NZ Commission gives AMP all clear

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2010
New Zealand's Commerce Commission has cleared AMP to buy AXA's Australian and New Zealand businesses. According to a Commerce Commission statement, the regulator considered the impact of the deal across wealth protection, retail funds management, wholesale ...

Haddock appointed chairman of ACSRF

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2010
... Caritas Australia. His prior board experience includes chairman of Cashcard Australia, chairman of Macarthur Cook, director of AXA Insurance, and Auspace Colonial First State Private Capital. Haddock holds Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws degrees ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2010
... holder consent to refresh the company's placement capacity. ANZ's chief executive of Asia, Europe and the US, Alex Thursby, and AXA Asia Pacific chief executive, Andy Penn, are among speakers at a conference in Melbourne hosted by the the Financial Services ...

NZ regulator extends AMP and AXA deadline

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2010
New Zealand's Commerce Commission has delayed a final decision on AMP's bid for AXA Asia Pacific by two weeks to June 25. A Commerce Commission spokesperson said the regulator had agreed with AMP and AXA Asia Pacific on the extended deadline. The regulator's ...

AXA appoints FMs to drive income

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2010
AXA Australia selected funds from Ankura Capital, Legg Mason, Epoch Investment Partners, Macquarie Investment Management and Goldman Sachs/JBWere as part of its new income portfolio. Ankura Capital and Legg Mason will manage the Australian equities ...

AXA clarifies possible Wealth.net sale

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUN 2010
AXA Research has sought to allay advisers' worries on NAB's possible divestment of Wealth.net by clarifying the bank is considering selling the North Wealth.net platform, not the North products and the guarantee attached to these. AXA Research said ...

AXA and Wealth.net split poses planner risk

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2010
... most popular platforms among advisers if the bank decides to offload the North Wealth.net platform as part of its potential AXA buy. Advisers who use the Wealth.net platform have the highest level of satisfaction with AXA's service, relative to other ...

NAB addresses ACCC concerns

ASX STATEMENT  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2010
National Australia Bank (NAB) hopes to appease the ACCC's concerns about the planned AXA APH acquisition by potentially divesting the North Wealth.net investment platform, one of the causes of the competition regulator's concerns. In an ASX statement ...