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Rainmaker hires former CIFR chief

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2017
Rainmaker Group, publisher of Financial Standard, is welcoming Professor David Gallagher as a consultant to the research and media business. Gallagher will work with Rainmaker to further develop its research function and its Continuing Professional ...

Scale advantage in SMSF performance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2017
... technical services and education. In turn, smaller funds are hit with a 'double whammy', according to University of Adelaide professor, Ralf-Yves Zurbrugg. "These funds not only have much larger expense ratios compared to larger funds, but they also ...

Government shelves ASIC register sale

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2016
... parts of the community to access the information and for academics to conduct meaningful research." One such academic, Professor Kevin Davis, proposed an alternative model for the sale of the register. Davis, who is the research director at the Australian ...

First university climate bond issued

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2016
... certification from the Climate Bonds Initiative over the next two years. Monash University president and vice-chancellor Professor Margaret Gardner said: "As truly international university, Monash has a responsibility to provide strong and visionary ...

Pension systems and ageing populations at crossroads

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2016
... detriment of the financial security provided to older members of our society." Australian Centre for Financial Studies Professor Rodney Maddock said in Australia policies such as increasing the superannuation contribution rate and the retirement age ...

Advisers must be aware of cognitive nuances

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2016
... understand the pitfalls of the human brain and the way human tendencies can impact how knowledge is shared, according to professor of psychology at Harvard University Dr Jason Mitchell. Developed over millions of years of evolution, Mitchell described ...

Super inefficiencies coming to the fore

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2016
... review's ambition, "it is not always clear that the PC had got the underlying logic right." ACFS executive director, Professor Rodney Maddock, said conceptual and practical shortcomings in the draft report include the interpretation of superannuation's ...

Chinese demand requires improved industry practices

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2016
... investment could also create tens of thousands of new jobs in the local construction industry. ACFS executive director, Professor Rodney Maddock, said: "The Chinese economy is now so big that, even with lower growth rates, its impact on our economy gets ...

University launches free SMSF course

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2016
... self-managed superannuation course as a growing number of Australians move to manage their own superannuation assets. Professor of finance at the School of Accounting and Finance, Adam Steen launched "An introduction to Self-Managed Superannuation Funds" ...

A former PM, a Harvard professor and an adventurer to headline AFA conference

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2016
... global economic future and the roles China, India and the Pacific Rim will play in such a future. Harvard University professor Jason Mitchell will address the conference in partnership with Kaplan to discuss academic leadership. A professor is the university's ...