14/04/2005 (Agence Europe) - The Commission has given its green light to the acquisition of the French Larivière group by AXA Investment Managers Private Equity Europe, the “capital investment” pole involved in the asset management activities in the French insurance group AXA. Larivière, which is owned by the Imerys group, specialises in building materials, particularly roofing. The operation was examined under the simplified merger review procedure.