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New study looks for retirement insights

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2016
... women over 55 years of age experience retirement and how that experience differs to men. Conducted by Swinburne emeritus professor Susan Moore and University of Melbourne emeritus professor Doreen Rosenthal, the research is looking to identify how women ...

Banks will always take more risk: APRA exec

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2016
... the discussion was an insight to risk culture in financial institutions, presented by Macquarie University associate professor Elizabeth Sheedy. Sheedy's co-authored paper finds more than 30,000 staff from seven commercial banks in Australia and Canada ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2016
... than market expectations for a decline to 4.7 and is the highest level since August 2015. According to ZEW president, Professor Achim Wambach, "The improvement of economic sentiment indicates that the financial market experts have confidence in the resilience ...

SMSFA appoints academic to board

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2016
... appointed an academic with specialist knowledge of financial services and superannuation to its board of directors. Professor Deborah Ralston, who was previously executive director of the Australian Centre for Financial Studies (ACFS) from January 2009 ...

Oxford-Man Institute expands into machine learning

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2016
... cross-pollination of ideas and strengthening the OMI's outstanding research programmes." Adding to the comments Stephen Roberts, professor of machine learning and director of the OMI, said: "Since its inception, the OMI has drawn on leading researchers ...

Panel to review financial services complaints system

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2016
... the Credit and Investments Ombudsman. Assistant Treasurer Kelly O'Dwyer said the review panel will be chaired by law professor Ian Ramsay, with lawyer Julie Ambramson and Choice chief executive Alan Kirkland making up the panel. "The expert panel brings ...

MyState appoints former Virgin Money chief executive

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2016
... Council. Earlier, he held senior management positions with BT Funds Management and KPMG. He is currently an adjunct professor of management education at University of Sydney Business School. MyState chairman Miles Hampton thanked Mansbridge for his long ...

Findex partners to advance medical research

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016
... will provide the academy with advice on issues such as risk and funding, and partnerships. President of the Academy, Professor Ian Frazer, said the government's focus on innovation, collaboration, and research translation was a key factor in the Academy's ...

More numerate less likely to open SMSF

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016
... skillsets. Presenting at a recent Centre for International Finance and Regulation event, University of Sydney Business School Professor Susan Thorpe said the research was trying to measure the relative reasons for starting an SMSF; members' attitudes ...

Indigenous workers retire with 27pct less: research

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2016
... in super over a 40-year working life for the average indigenous worker at age 65. Co-author of the report, Associate Professor Robert Bianchi, said the study shines a spotlight on the extent to which disparity in income levels today results in a significant ...