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Debt collection protection

With the levels of personal and household debt on the rise, ASIC and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) have jointly released a manual defining their respective roles in the regulation of debt collection. While both bodies recognise ...

Retail focus maintains strong performance for St George

... out that like other banks St George currently experiences an intensification of margin pressure especially in price competition for retail deposits and will continue to monitor this potential impact on profitability.

Rosy outlook for Bank of Queensland

... BoQ's managing director Mr David Liddy Nevertheless BoQ still faced a decline in net interest margin as a result of competition and the funding costs from the acquisition of UFJ. S&P revised its outlook on BoQ rating the BBB from stable to positive. ...

Air NZ likely to revisit Qantas alliance in 2-3 years: Norris

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 OCT 2004
... Norris said today the airline would revisit its alliance plan with Qantas in two to three years after Australia's competition authority yesterday belatedly approved the now abandoned plan. The plan that involved Qantas taking a 22 percent stake and the ...

Fed: Competition Tribunal upholds Qantas/Air NZ merger proposal

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 OCT 2004
Air New Zealand Ltd today welcomed the decision by the Australian Competition Tribunal to give the green light to a proposed alliance between Qantas Airways Ltd and Air New Zealand Ltd. The Australian Competition Tribunal today upheld an appeal by the ...

ACCC plans to revise merger process to increase transparency

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 SEP 2004
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) on Thursday said it planned to open up scrutiny of its merger clearance process to increase transparency and accountability. ACCC chairman Graham Samuel said the changes would embrace world's ...

Choice awards can be ignored: Rainmaker

... to," Dunnin said. Dunnin said this flexibility built into the choice legislation has the potential to fuel fierce competition between the various interest groups and super funds attempting to gain Award nominations. "We believe this absolutely vindicates ...

Telstra top executives to be grilled by ACCC: report

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2004
... Senior Telstra Corp executives including the company\'s top legal officer and internet chief will be grilled by the competition regulator this week, as hostilities escalate over allegations of predatory internet pricing by the telco, it was reported ...

Suncorp yr net profit up 61%

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2004
... good improvements in underlying profit in the current year.\" Mulcahy said a slow down in home lending and increased competition might lead to some deterioration in margins in the industry. Even so, Suncorp does expect to deliver a percentage increase ...

Barclays named fund manager of the year; S&P

... managing director Chris Dalton said. "Only funds that have consistently delivered above-average results against their competition can win our awards."