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FEATURE: The cost of cash

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
... however, is that things like overseas holidays, internet shopping and fashionable European cars are going to cost more. Professor Rodney Maddock, who is Vice Chancellor's Fellow and Professor at Victoria University and Adjunct Professor of Economics ...

CSIRO to study super spending habits

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2014
... Australia, Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees, Financial Services Council and Challenger, BT and CBUS," Professor Ralston said. David Cox of Challenger Financial Services said Challenger Limited valued the independence, objectivity and real ...

Europe a 'running sore' on global economy: Probyn

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2014
... fundamental problem, adding: "It's difficult to see all the economies of the eurozone doing well together." Monash University professor of economics Rodney Maddock, who was also speaking at the Chief Economists Forum, was even more pessimistic about ...

Aussie employment outlook 'slightly dismal': Sloan

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2014
... think otherwise even the medium-term outlook for the Australian labour market is slightly dismal." But fellow-speaker Professor Rodney Maddock said jobs in construction - an industry which should play a major role in the transition to a non-mining led ...

2014 Financial Standard Chief Economists Forum

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2014
... Probyn, The Australian Contributing Economics Editor Judith Sloan and Victoria University Vice Chancellor's Fellow and Professor Rodney Maddock. The event takes place in Sydney on Wednesday 29th January 2014 at The Westin Hotel from 8am to 930am, and ...

Financial system inquiry panel revealed

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2013

Australia's whistleblowing regime far from best-practice

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2013
... whistleblowing legal regime that is "patchy, limited and far from international best-practice." Griffith University professor and whistleblowing researcher A.J. Brown asked for improvements and changes to Part 9.4 AAA of the Corporations Act in a submission ...

High frequency trading improves market fairness

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2013
... calculate net asset values of mutual funds, and compute stock indices," CMCRC chief executive and co-authors of the report Professor Mike Aitken said. "So on the one hand there's clear incentive to manipulate the closing price by ramping end-of-day trading ...

Indonesia VP attends Melb investor forum

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013
Indonesian Vice President Professor Dr Boediona is attending an institutional investment forum in Melbourne today, reinforcing growing speculation that Australian pension funds are readying to invest into the country. The VP's visit follows a series ...

Cap scrap leaves tax abuses unanswered

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2013
... expenditure, and that the general body of taxpayers should not have to carry this," University of New South Wales associate professor Dale Boccabella said. "Travel on first class air fares and taxpayers staying in five star accommodation was expressly ...