The Banking Ombudsman, Deborah Battell, said today that ANZ customers who invested in the ING Regular Income Fund (RIF) and Diversified Yield Fund (DYF) and who have received offers of additional compensation from ANZ, are welcome to contact her office to discuss these offers.

2 APRIL 2009 - The Commerce Commission has published its reasons for granting clearance to Fletcher Building Limited to acquire up to 100 per cent of the assets of both Stevenson Group Limited's Whangarei masonry business and Stevenson's Auckland masonry business.

1 APRIL 2009 - The Commerce Commission has issued formal warnings to Schindler Lifts New Zealand Limited (Schindler) and one current and one former employee for participating in a longstanding cartel arrangement which shared elevator installation contracts in the South Island.

31 March 2009 - The Commerce Commission has warned the Real Estate Network Limited (REN) that it and its members risk breaching the Commerce Act. REN is a cooperative company representing approximately 95 per cent of licensed residential real estate agents in and around Christchurch.

14 November 2008 - The Commerce Commission has concluded an investigation into anti-competitive conduct in the elevator industry, reaching a settlement with one company.