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Emissions trading won't fix climate change: expert

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2008
Emissions trading won't lower emissions production as all it does is force up the profits of carbon producers particularly energy producers, argues the German MP who pioneered their feed-in tariff electricity system. Hans -Josef Fell, a leading Greens ...

APRA appoints new head of research

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2007
... Katrina Ellis its new head of research. Dr Ellis replaces former head of research Dr Neil Esho, who was seconded to the Basel Committee for Banking Supervision in Switzerland. He is expected to return to APRA in another senior role in 2009. Originally ...

Daily Economic Update

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2007
The half yearly reporting season of the Australian stockmarket begins this week with a general expectation that good earnings numbers are on the table. Among the larger players to report is Woolworths on second quarter earnings and sales for the first ...

Data quality a global problem

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2006
According to a new survey by AIM Software, the global financial industry continues to struggle complying with Basel II, Markets in Financial Instruments Directives and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, citing data quality as their biggest problem. The survey ...

Big banks pursue more exotic securitisation schemes

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2006
... seen nothing yet," she said. Banks are working towards the introduction in 2008 of a new set of capital management rules, Basel II. Banks granted "advanced" status by regulators under Basel II will be able to do their own credit assessments, measure ...

After failed IPO, Snowy Hydro still top rated

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2006
Moody's Investors Service has upgraded Snowy Hydro's senior unsecured rating to A3, up from Baa1, in a rating review that commenced when Snowy Hydro first announced plans to conduct its now abandoned IPO. Moody's said Snowy Hydro's baseline credit analysis ...

News Ltd hits back as super funds bring legal action

Several Australian and US super funds are joining with other institutional investors to sue News Limited over allegedly "breaking an express promise" made during reincorporation negotiations last year. A group of international Institutional shareholders ...

Basel II for Australia in 2008

... APRA has decided the new global supervisory framework for assessing the capital adequacy of deposit-taking institutions, Basel II, will be fully implemented in Australia by January 1, 2008. The framework was developed by the Basel Committee on Banking ...

Goldman Sachs says HIH claims still baseless

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 SEP 2004
US-based investment bank Goldman Sachs today said any claim against it, or former employees, in relation to HIH would be as baseless today as it was when examined by a royal commission two years ago. Goldman Sachs was responding to a news report today ...

APRA appoint Byres executive general manager - DID

... front line supervision. During his employment with APRA, Byres has been responsible for much of APRA's early work on the new Basel capital accord (Basel II) and played a significant role in the development of the general insurance reforms which came ...