By Alastair Bull of NZPA Auckland, Aug 3 NZPA - One of the Feltex directors yesterday cleared of criminal charges of misreporting says the case would not have encouraged anyone wishing to become a company director.

By Alastair Bull of NZPA Auckland, Aug 2 NZPA - The former chairman of failed company Feltex Carpets says the law should be changed to prevent directors from facing criminal charges for misreporting.

Auckland, Aug 2 NZPA - An angry Feltex director, one of five found not guilty of breaching financial reporting standards, has accused the Registrar of Companies of bringing a groundless case against them, wrecking their reputations.

Wellington, May 26 NZPA - Membership of a board whose job is to set up a new market conduct regulator has been announced.

Wellington, Nov 12 NZPA - The Companies Office has laid criminal charges in the Auckland District Court against directors of the failed finance company group Five Star.

Wellington, June 11 NZPA - The performance of auditors was not the key factor the "tsunami" of failures at more than 30 of the nation's finance companies, chartered accountants say.

Wellington, March 25 NZPA - The role corporate trustees played in finance company failures is to be addressed as part of a "significant review" of the Securities Act, Commerce Minister Simon Power said today.

Wellington, March 22 NZPA - Trustee companies say they are open to new measures to protect investors after a report said their failings were partly responsible for a "tsunami" of finance company collapses.

By Ian Llewellyn of NZPA Wellington, March 20 NZPA - There were failures across the entire supervisory framework for finance companies before their collapse, a report by the Companies Registrar said today.

Wellington, Oct 3 NZPA - The Companies Office is going after the directors of another failed finance company with the filing of criminal charges against three directors of National Finance 2000 Ltd today.