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AFG's Connective deal back on track, as Australia's mortgage-aggregation market probe resumes

By James Panichi
  • 11 May 2020 20:09
  • 11 May 2020 20:09
The review of Connective Group's acquisition by mortgage-aggregation services rival Australian Finance Group is back on track, after Australia’s competition watchdog revealed today that it had restarted the clock after receiving the additional information it required from the companies.
In an entry on its website, the Australian Competition & Consumer

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James Panichi

Senior Editor, Asia Pacific


James, an Australian journalist with over 25 years’ experience in print and electronic media, helps to oversee MLex’s coverage of regulatory risk in Asia, with special attention to Australia and New Zealand. In 2016, James was appointed as MLex’s managing editor for continental Europe, overseeing the Brussels bureau’s coverage of EU regulatory affairs and managing a team of 16 journalists in Brussels and Geneva. Previously James worked for the European Voice newspaper, before joining the European operation of US political website Politico as an investigative reporter specializing in governance, transparency and lobbying.

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