Regulators News
Kelly warning on tougher rules
Thursday November 5, 2009
BANKS have stepped up pressure on regulators to soften a planned overhaul of prudential rules, with Westpac's chief executive, Gail Kelly, warning of "systemic risks" to the economy, including a slowdown in lending.Regulators Rudely Stir Woodside From California Dreaming
Saturday January 17, 2009
THE Californian gas supply dreams of Australia's biggest oil and gas producers are dead in the water.Short-selling Plan Criticised
Saturday May 24, 2008
SERIOUS doubts have been raised about the ability of regulators to impose effective disclosure of short-selling.Opes Prime: Who Understood?
Tuesday April 1, 2008
Now is a time for investors to be careful and for regulators to be vigilant, writes Ian Ramsay.Bogus Cancer Therapist Bows To Family Calls And Fronts Up To Charges
Friday December 21, 2007
SIX days after his son, Micheal, was arrested and remanded on a criminal charge of failing to produce company documents to regulators, the bogus cancer therapist Paul John Rana finally turned himself in to the sheriff at the Federal Court this week.Oh Dear, That Was Their Best Shot - And The Foot Is Oozing Blood
Friday December 7, 2007
WHEN you play hardball, as Telstra does, with a whole range of your constituents, including politicians, regulators, the law, competitors, shareholders and even consumers, you face the possibility of an equally harsh response.That Was Their Best Shot - And The Foot Is Bleeding
Friday December 7, 2007
WHEN you play hardball, as Telstra does, with a whole range of your constituents, including politicians, regulators, the law, competitors, shareholders and even consumers, you face the possibility of an equally harsh response.Government Call To Extend Port System
Tuesday December 4, 2007
THE State Government wants the existing Newcastle coal export port quota system extended by a year as an alternative to a controversial new port/rail quota being considered by federal regulators.Even If Pratt Falls, Carlton Is Back In Business
Wednesday October 24, 2007
GAMING regulators may yet decide Richard Pratt is an inappropriate person to hold a gaming licence and must quit the Carlton board.Even If Pratt Falls, He Worked For Carlton
Wednesday October 24, 2007
GAMING regulators may yet decide Richard Pratt is an inappropriate person to hold a gaming licence and must quit the Carlton board.Transport Union To Face Five Government Investigations
Thursday September 27, 2007
THE Federal Government has asked virtually all of its industrial, tax and corporate regulators to investigate the Transport Workers Union over allegations about a multimillion-dollar union training fund.Hidden Atm Fees To Be Outlawed
Saturday September 1, 2007
AUSTRALIANS withdrawing money from ATMs in future will have to be told first how much it will cost them for the transaction, under new reforms negotiated between government regulators, the banks and other ATM owners.B&b Left Counting Cost After Second Montana Snub
Thursday July 26, 2007
THE ambitions of Babcock & Brown's infrastructure arm to expand into the US have suffered a severe jolt after its revised $2.7 billion bid for Montana energy supplier NorthWestern was rejected by local regulators for a second and final time.Cold Comfort For Summer Power
Monday July 23, 2007
Peak electricity forecasts for this summer have been reduced by more than 5 per cent even though winter demand surges have repeatedly broken records for generation and prices during the cold season, analyses by state regulators show.Power Investor Babcock Seeks To Soothe Montana Regulators
Wednesday June 27, 2007
BABCOCK & Brown Infrastructure has overhauled its spurned $2.7 billion plan to buy US energy company NorthWestern.Alcoa Claims Its $32.1b Alcan Offer Is The Only One
Friday June 8, 2007
ALCOA has emphasised its $US27 billion ($32.1 billion) offer for Alcan is the "only one on the table" as it filed documents with US competition regulators yesterday.Rewards For Power Suppliers
Tuesday May 29, 2007
ELECTRICITY regulators, such as the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), do not understand the industry they oversee, EnergyAustralia managing director George Maltabarow says.Tasty Bone For Watchdogs
Wednesday May 9, 2007
THE Federal Government will hand out more than $150 million to the corporate, insurance and media regulators over four years to beef up technology systems and improve staff retention.Disgraced Sleuth's Son Rumbled By Regulators
Sunday March 25, 2007
SYDNEY'S most colourful private investigator, Frank Monte, has spent a career in strife with the regulators, but now it is the turn of his son, James.Regulators Could Decide That Primary Numbers And Tactics Do Not Add Up
Thursday February 15, 2007
THE tactics Primary Health Care has used in its so far unsuccessful attempt to wrap its bigger health-care rival, Symbion Health, in a "bear hug" have been curious, and border on the unacceptable.