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ACCC approves Zurich's ClearView takeover

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2026
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has given Zurich Financial Services its blessing to acquire ClearView Wealth. Zurich Financial Services is offering 65 cents for each ClearView share to value the takeover at about $425 million. ...

APRA greenlights Insignia Financial takeover

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2026
... Board, Insignia Financial shareholders, and the court. It was already approved by ASIC, the ASX and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. Insignia said its board continues to unanimously recommend shareholders vote in favour of the takeover ...

Apex to acquire Mercer's super admin business

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 JAN 2026
... into its own business, enhancing service delivery and continuity for clients. The transaction, subject to Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) and Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) approval, is expected to complete around the end ...

Brookfield, GIC chase $4bn acquisition

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2025
... potential takeover would be subject to regulatory approvals, including the Foreign Investment Review Board, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission and New Zealand Overseas Investment Office approvals. "The NSR board, together with its financial ...

Anti-hawking exemption for advisers a 'silly carve out': SCA

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2025
... legislation to ensure consistency between selling financial services and financial products. In response to an Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) consultation on unsolicited selling and lead generation, SCA drew attention to the collapsed ...

CALI launches review of Life Code

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2025
... has served as deputy chair of both the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC). Kell was also chief executive of CHOICE, where he was responsible for overseeing industry-wide ...

ASIC launches fresh inquiry into ASX

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2025
... to the panel in the coming weeks. It will include secondees from the Reserve Bank of Australia, APRA and Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. ASIC will publish a report of the outcome of the inquiry, which will inform the next steps it may ...

New ACCC chief named

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2025
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has appointed Sarah Proudfoot as chief executive. Despite also conducting an external search, Proudfoot started with the ACCC in 2005 when she joined the agency's Infocentre. She has since held ...

New tax cuts for every Australian 'a complete joke': UNSW

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... said the government will also be using the "powers and penalties" available to energy regulators and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to help ensure "energy companies offer customers cheaper deals." Chalmers, in rolling out what ...

ASIC names new chief executive

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2025
... Investments Commission (ASIC) has named a chief executive, following Warren Day's abrupt exit in June last year. Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) chief executive Scott Gregson will join ASIC on March 29 to replace the current interim ...
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