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Imputation's economic effects unclear: research

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2015
... would like to about the implications of dividend imputation forming economic policy. Australian Centre for Financial Studies (ACFS) research director, Professor Kevin Davis, reiterated this message at the Funding Australia's Future forum in Sydney this ...

Retirement incomes become industry focus

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2015
... retirement with a suitable pension system without more investment. Speaking at the Australian Centre for Financial Studies' (ACFS) Funding Australia's Future forum in Sydney yesterday, Vamos said super's current structure does not necessarily make it ...

ACFS director steps down

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2015
After six years as an executive director at the Australian Centre for Financial Studies (ACFS), Professor Deborah Ralston is stepping down from her role. In overseeing the continuing development of the centre, Ralston initiated projects such as the ...

Experts urge govt to do more to boost infra investment

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2015
... That was one of the conclusions at a recent roundtable discussion hosted by the Australian Centre for Financial Studies (ACFS) and attended by 15 finance experts including academics, economists, credit analysts and senior investment professionals from ...

ACFS appoints execs from ANZ and EY

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2014
The Australian Centre for Financial Studies (ACFS) has appointed two senior executives from the financial services industry. Amy Auster joins as deputy director from ANZ, where for most of the last decade she worked as an economist, strategist senior ...

Superannuation Research Cluster makes two appointments

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2013
... investment and retirement outcomes. Cluster leader and executive director of the Australian Centre for Financial Studies (ACFS), Deborah Ralston, said that both these people have the enthusiasm and right skills for the job. "The skill that Kassenboehmer ...

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
... 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 pool ...

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 ...

Treasury paper ignores responsibility: ACFS

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2012
... 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 consequences ...