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Australia Day honours recognise industry stalwarts

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2019
Several veterans of Australia's financial services industry were recognised over the long weekend in the 2019 Australia Day Honours List. Honoured for their service to the sector, the list features a number of familiar faces, including the chair ...

Discriminatory bank regulation hits super savings

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2018
... as much as $1 billion is being lost in potential retirement savings. According to the Australian Centre for Financial Studies, the interest rate paid on short-term deposits in super fund accounts is up to 80 basis points lower than what is being earned ...

SMSF Association names new chair

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2018
... with a deep pedigree in public policy, especially in the role of leading the Monash-based Australian Centre for Financial Studies, she is an experienced company director with board appointments including the Reserve Bank of Australia Payments System ...

CFA Australia recruits industry veterans

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2018
... 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 Advocacy Council. ...

VFMC appoints former Franklin Templeton MD

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2018
... is deputy chair of Infrastructure Victoria; chair of the Industry Advisory Board at the Australian Centre of Financial Studies; a member of the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Advocacy Council; and is national chair of the CFA Society Diversity Committee. ...

Morningstar secures $337bn portfolio disclosure commitment

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2017
... 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 way the Australian ...

Fund managers' transparency poor: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017
... 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 questioned ...

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 ...