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Who dares challenge Ofwat? Vol 5, Issue 11 (November 2004)

The regulator can only benefit from a challenge at the Competition Commission, but the water companies can lose as well as win.

A ray of hope for UK mergers Vol 5, Issue 8 (August 2004)

Ofwat may soon lose the ability to block water industry mergers, according to the experts brought together for a seminar last month by Denton Wilde Sapte.

SWCC moves ahead with desal plans Vol 5, Issue 3 (March 2004)

While its showpiece project at Shoaiba struggles, SWCC is getting on with the task of building more capacity elsewhere.

PEOPLE/PUBLICATIONS Vol 4, Issue 6 (June 2003)

United States: Brian Chase joined the San Francisco office of Nossaman Guthner Knox & Elliott.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR - Ofwat has considered the risks Vol 3, Issue 12 (December 2002)

Sir – The leader article entitled “The Genius of Leverage” (see GWI, Vol 3, Issue 11, p.5) raises the issue of how Ofwat could avoid liability should a highly leveraged water company become insolvent as a result of a regulatory decision which would not have so affected a company with a more broad equity base.

Oxera report on leverage and capital structure Vol 3, Issue 11 (November 2002)

By leveraging up, water companies have turned the tables on the regulator.

The genius of leverage Vol 3, Issue 11 (November 2002)

It says something about the naivety of the UK regulator that in response to the trend towards highly leveraged water companies in England and Wales, he commissioned a study – published last month – on the extent to which he should take capital costs into account in price regulation (see report, p.14).