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Aussie super maintains good grades

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2017
... 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 improvement. "Without ...

Government shelves ASIC register sale

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2016
... 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 the private operator ...

Pension systems and ageing populations at crossroads

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2016
... 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 and the retirement ...

Super inefficiencies coming to the fore

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2016
... 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 had got the underlying logic right." ...

Chinese demand requires improved industry practices

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2016
... 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 ...

SMSFA appoints academic to board

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2016
... of directors. Professor Deborah Ralston, who was previously executive director of the Australian Centre for Financial Studies (ACFS) from January 2009 to July 2015, will join the board from 1 July 2016. Ralston has held a number of leadership positions ...

Aged care concerns top Challenger advice list

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2015
... develop its CarePlus product recently. Monash University professor Deborah Ralston told an Australian Centre for Financial Studies' (ACFS) Funding Australia's Future forum last week that the aged care sector has been through a period of incredible reform ...

Imputation's economic effects unclear: research

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2015
... they 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 ...

Retirement incomes become industry focus

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2015
... of 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 ...