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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 ...

FPA issues member notice and calls for submissions

... Legislation and Regulation Committee said it is considering the need for a FPA submission to the Joint Forum consisting of the Basel Committee on banking supervision, International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO), and International Association ...

Coonan calls on Latham to back portability regulations

Labor has moved to disallow for a second time the government's superannuation portability regulations, in turn prompting a sharp reaction from the responsible minister, Senator Helen Coonan. "This is yet another example of baseless Labor opposition ...

EIA says SRIs growing dramatically in Australia

The Ethical Investment Association (EIA) has said that Socially Responsible Investments (SRIs) in Australia have continued to grow dramatically over the past year -rising to $21.3 billion by 30 June 2003. However, Paul Northey, general manager, Navigator ...