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Howes appointed CEO of IAA

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2009
... replaces John Maroney who left the Institute in August 2009 to accept a role with the Bank for International Settlements in Basel, Switzerland as a member of the secretariat of the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS). She will take ...

D'Aloisio nominated Joint Forum chair

COMPANY RELEASES  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2009
... closely with three of the biggest finance organisations in the world. The Joint Forum, which supports and works with the Basel Committee for Banking Supervision (BCBS), the International Organisation for Securities Commissions (IOSCO) and the International ...

Banks to face liquidity crisis "fire drills": APRA

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2009
... the report that the Prudential Standard APS 210 Liquidity (APS 210) will be changed to reflect new rules proposed by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision in response to last year's liquidity crisis. APRA noted that the crisis exposed the limitations ...

Fanning the flames of fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2009
... Amid these doom and gloom, market's dismissed European Central Bank President Jean Claude Trichet's press conference in Basel, Switzerland. Monsieur Trichet stated that, 'We have a number of elements suggesting that we're approaching the moment where ...

APRA outlines priorities

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2009
... the crisis struck...we are now finalising this work," he said. On capital management, Laker said the international forum, Basel Committee is exploring how to promote strong capital buffers above the minimum requirements that could be used in a downturn ...

2009: The lost year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2009
Happy new year? Perhaps in 2010. The top central bankers meeting in Basel Switzerland came to the same conclusion yesterday. European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet -- wearing his cap as head of the Bank of International Settlements - declared ...

Macfarlane calls for a new regulatory regime

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2008
... short-term goal was to get the financial markets working again, the longer-term goal was a better regulatory structure. He said Basel II was a regulatory system designed to stop banks going broke but did nothing to protect economies. One way for banks ...

Symantec ramps up CSR

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2008
From slashing its energy consumption to designing 'green' buildings, Symantec joins the growing list of companies articulating their environmental policies - all mapped out in its first ever corporate responsibility report released this year. Among ...

Aust must avoid Europe's ETS disaster

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2008
Australia must learn from the mistakes of the European ETS if it is to avoid squandering billions of dollars and waste an opportunity to seriously impact climate change. Dr Nikki Williams, chief executive of the NSW Minerals Council, speaking last night ...

Energy investments surge

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2008
Regardless of the finer debating points on what the ideal emission trading system should look like, investors are already flocking to alternative energy. New investment into the sector jumped US$148 billion in 2007, up 60 per cent over 2006, noted a ...