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CFA Australia recruits industry veterans

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2018
... experience and joined the Victorian Funds Management Corporation board this month. Wilton is also chair of the Australian Centre for Financial Studies (ACFS) Industry Advisory Board, deputy chair of Infrastructure Victoria and a member of the CFA Society ...

Morningstar secures $337bn portfolio disclosure commitment

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2017
... with the industry toward 100% coverage and disclosure." The news comes following a recent report from the Australian Centre for Financial Studies (ACFS) which said transparency in Australia's funds management industry is poor. The report suggests one ...

Fund managers' transparency poor: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017
... also be deteriorating retirement savings, according to a new study. Commissioned by Monash University's Australian Centre for Financial Studies (ACFS), the report urges greater transparency in the Australian funds management sector. Consequently, it ...

Aussie super maintains good grades

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2017
... so we can learn to understand what best practice may look like, both now and into the future," he said. Australian Centre for Financial Studies Professor Edward Buckingham said the report shows Australia's pension system is good but there is room for ...

Philanthropy report offers valuable insights for NFPs: Perpetual

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
... of Social Services (DSS) to assist the work of the Prime Minister's Community Business Partnership. The Australian Centre for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies (ACPNS), with the Centre for Social Impact (CSI) Swinburne and The Centre for Corporate Public ...

Government shelves ASIC register sale

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2016
... Davis, proposed an alternative model for the sale of the register. Davis, who is the research director at the Australian Centre for Financial Studies and a former Financial System Inquiry panellist, said the Government's proposed model would "involve ...

Pension systems and ageing populations at crossroads

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2016
... retirement systems to the 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 ...

Super inefficiencies coming to the fore

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2016
... superannuation's competitiveness and efficiency. Responding to the Commission's recent draft measurement framework, the Australian Centre for Financial Studies (ACFS) said although it accepts the review's ambition, "it is not always clear that the PC ...

Chinese demand requires improved industry practices

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2016
... investment screening. These were some of the key findings in the latest research report prepared by the Australian Centre for Financial Studies (ACFS) and commissioned by the Australia China Business Council. The report aims to address what China's rebalancing ...

ACFS head departs to Vic government

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2016
Executive director at the Australian Centre for Financial Studies (ACFS), Amy Auster, is stepping down from her role to join the Victorian Department of Treasury and Finance. Auster is taking up a new role as deputy secretary (economic) at the Victorian ...