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New $9 million super research facility opens

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2013
... was drawn together for Monash by Professor Deborah Ralston, executive director of the Australian Centre for Financial Studies. "This high impact research will provide an independent evidence base to inform policy and promote innovation within the superannuation ...

Infrastructure debt 'not that scary': AusSuper chair

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2013
... going into debt if the money is used to fund infrastructure projects. Speaking at the Australian Centre for Financial Studies' 'Funding Australia's Future' forum in Sydney, Ridout said that state governments are well-placed to begin infrastructure projects ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2013
... take part in a panel discussion at the Funding Australia's Future Forum hosted by the Australian Centre For Financial Studies. In equities news, BHP chief executive Andrew Mackenzie is slated to speak at a Asia Society Australia lunch, in Melbourne ...

ACFS flummoxed by SMSF cash trend

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013
The authors of a new report by the Australian Centre for Financial Studies (ACFS) are bemused as to why self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) investors heavily favour cash over fixed-interest products. The paper, entitled 'The Future Demand and Supply ...

Super syphons savings from banks

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2013
... and less money to put away as savings with their bank, according to a new report by the Australian Centre for Financial Studies (ACFS). This, says the report, 'Funding Australia's Future', may reduce the supply of bank deposits, in turn reducing the ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2013
... scheduled to attend the launch of the Funding Australia's Future Project hosted by the Australian Centre for Financial Studies. The Westpac/Melbourne Institute Survey of Consumer Sentiment is due out. In equities news, Nufarm chairman Donald McGauchie ...

ISPT, Cbus, Omega stewardship and innovation award winners

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2013
... Melbourne Financial Services Symposium is held in conjunction with the Melbourne-based Australian Centre for Financial Studies (ACFS). The industry fund owned property manager ISPT received the investment stewardship award for an investment manager while ...

Australia ranks third in Global Pensions

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2012
... Global Pension Index is commissioned by the Victorian Government and supported by the Australian Centre for Financial Studies.

Who you know overshadows rules: Freehills view on Asia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2012
... partner at legal firm Freehills, speaking at the Investing in Asia conference hosted by the Australian Centre for Financial Studies this month, said, "Relationships are more important than rules and you must accept the limitations of corporate governance." ...

Treasury paper ignores responsibility: ACFS

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2012
... regulator have failed to address the issue of accountability and performance appraisal. The Australian Centre for Financial Studies (ACFS) has argued in an analysis paper released today that while the changes generally appear warranted, wider ranging ...