Biden Labor Regulator Rolls Out Final Rule Requiring Employers To Give Time Off For Abortions
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued its final rule on Monday to enforce the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA), giving new protections for women seeking abortions. The EEOC rule dictates that…
Dutch regulator disputes Apple’s commissions in dating app case
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The Dutch consumer watchdog is challenging the fees that Apple charges dating app providers in the Netherlands as part of its long-running case against the U.S. technology company over…
Australian regulator probes PETstock’s prior M&As ahead of Woolworths deal
(Reuters) -Australian competition watchdog said on Thursday PETstock’s certain completed acquisitions made between 2017 and 2022 raise significant concerns, as the regulator reviewed the pet retailer’s stake sale to Woolworths Group. The…
CEO Of ESG Titan Told Key Regulator To Soften Pending Emissions Disclosure Rules: REPORT
CEO Of ESG Titan Told Key Regulator To Soften Pending Emissions Disclosure Rules: REPORT Nick Pope on October 17, 2023 BlackRock CEO Larry Fink reportedly advised Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman…
Canada regulator to make preliminary decision on Trans Mountain expansion tolls
By Ismail Shakil and Nia Williams OTTAWA (Reuters) – The Canada Energy Regulator (CER) said on Thursday it will make a preliminary decision on Trans Mountain Corp’s proposed shipping tolls for its…
US regulator probes Twitter security lapse before Musk took over – Bloomberg News
(Reuters) – The U.S. securities regulator is investigating how Twitter managed a 2018 security lapse that exposed personal user information before billionaire Elon Musk bought the social media platform last year, Bloomberg…
Supreme Court To Hear Case That Could Be The Undoing Of Major Financial Regulator
Supreme Court To Hear Case That Could Be The Undoing Of Major Financial Regulator Katelynn Richardson on October 2, 2023 The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Tuesday on the constitutionality of…
German regulator BaFin to send special monitor to Deutsche Bank – Handelsblatt
BERLIN (Reuters) – German financial regulator BaFin will send a special monitor to Deutsche Bank following problems at its Postbank unit, German daily Handelsblatt reported on Sunday citing sources close to the…
Woman Wins Years-Long Battle Against Regulator, Dealing Blow To Administrative State
Woman Wins Years-Long Battle Against Regulator, Dealing Blow To Administrative State Katelynn Richardson on September 28, 2023 The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) dropped its more than seven year-long case against accountant…
Regulator sues AustralianSuper over multiple pension accounts
By Roushni Nair (Reuters) – The Australian securities regulator said on Friday it initiated a lawsuit against the trustee of AustralianSuper, citing the country’s largest superannuation fund failed to have adequate policies…
Canada’s mortgage stress test is ‘imperfect’; review ongoing -regulator head
TORONTO (Reuters) – The head of Canada’s banking regulator said on Thursday its mortgage stress test was “imperfect” and “incomplete” as homeowners on a variable rate mortgages struggle to repay their loans…
US Senate votes to give Democrats majority on telecom regulator
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate voted Thursday to approve President Joe Biden’s nominee for a key fifth seat on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), giving Democrats a majority…
South Dakota regulator rejects Navigator CO2 Ventures carbon pipeline application
By Leah Douglas (Reuters) -The South Dakota Public Utilities Commission has rejected a permit application from Nebraska-based Navigator CO2 Ventures to run 112 miles (180 km) of pipeline through the state to…
Australian regulator sues PayPal unit over unfair term in small business contracts
(Reuters) – Australia’s securities regulator said on Thursday it will take PayPal’s local arm to court alleging that the digital payments giant’s standard contracts with small business customers contain an unfair term…
US securities regulator charges 5 investment advisers with custody rule violations
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday said it has charged five investment adviser firms for failing to meet requirements related to the safekeeping of client assets.…
Australian regulator warns pension funds over unlisted company valuations after Canva slump
By Lewis Jackson SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian pension funds need to improve how they value private equity, the sector’s regulator said on Monday after a review into the sector’s treatment of Canva,…
Japan regulator to monitor potential BOJ impact on regional banks
By Makiko Yamazaki TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s financial regulator will closely monitor how central bank policy impacts regional banks, as the world’s third-largest economy approaches the normalisation of its monetary settings after…
China regulator met with foreign investors to alleviate concerns – sources
By Selena Li HONG KONG (Reuters) – China’s securities regulator met with representatives from top Western asset managers on Friday to reassure them about the country’s economic prospects, as its post-COVID recovery…
Swiss regulator reviewed money laundering risk at 30 banks
ZURICH (Reuters) – Switzerland’s financial regulator looked into the risk of money laundering at 30 banks this spring, FINMA said in an analysis published on Thursday, after identifying shortcomings in the area.…
Australia regulator allows union to ballot workers for strike at Chevron LNG platform
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s labour regulator cleared the way for strike action at Chevron’s Wheatstone platform if workers vote in favour of such a step, fuelling concerns the country’s exports could be…
Aussie regulator removes Bendigo and Adelaide Bank’s add-on liquidity requirement
(Reuters) – Australia’s prudential regulator said on Wednesday Bendigo and Adelaide Bank no longer needs to keep an additional amount of cash reserve after the mid-sized lender took steps to rectify issues…
North Dakota regulator rejects Summit Carbon Solutions carbon pipeline application
By Leah Douglas (Reuters) – The North Dakota Public Service Commission on Friday rejected a permit application from Iowa-based Summit Carbon Solutions to run 320 miles (514.99 km) of pipeline through the…
Japan banking regulator sees no big impact from BOJ shift for now
By Makiko Yamazaki and Ritsuko Shimizu TOKYO (Reuters) – The Bank of Japan’s latest policy shift would not have a major impact on Japanese banks unless there are sudden spikes in domestic…
US regulator warns brokers to bolster anti money-laundering efforts
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has warned some broker dealers to strengthen policies and controls that guard against money laundering, including by taking more care to…
Israel judicial plan, higher interest rates pose risk for financial system -regulator
By Steven Scheer JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The Bank of Israel on Wednesday warned of risks to the stability of the banking system due to possible economic consequences from the government’s plan to…
Biden Regulator Launches Investigation Into Tesla After Complaints Of Cars Losing Control
Biden Regulator Launches Investigation Into Tesla After Complaints Of Cars Losing Control Will Kessler on August 1, 2023 The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) opened an investigation Friday into Tesla following…
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