Australia's ACCC: Maintains Opposition To NAB's Bid For AXA Asia Pacific
2010年9月9日 - 9:16AM
Dow Jones News
Australia's competition regulator continued its opposition to
National Australia Bank Ltd.'s (NAB.AU) proposed A$13.3 billion bid
for wealth management firm rival AXA Asia Pacific Holdings Ltd.
(AXA.AU) Thursday, dealing a heavy blow to the bank's plans to
become the country's largest wealth manager.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission's Deputy
Chairman Peter Kell said in a statement that undertakings proposed
by the bank to sell AXA APH's new online investment platform North
to IOOF Holdings Ltd. (IFL.AU) "do not provide sufficient certainty
that the ACCC's competition concerns will be addressed".
"The undertakings as proposed place a heavy reliance upon IOOF
having sufficient distribution capability to provide an effective
competitive constraint upon existing key players in the foreseeable
future," said Kell.
The regulator said the proposed undertakings also rely on third
parties completing certain actions, and involve complex and
long-term behavioural obligations that present risks, creating
uncertainty that IOOF could become an effective competitor to the
combined NAB-AXA.
-By Bill Lindsay, Dow Jones Newswires; 61-2-8272-4694;
bill.lindsay@dowjones.com
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