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Frontier finds gold in sub-prime muck

... investigation now, especially after Northern Rock," he said. But for the investment markets as a whole, leading finance academic David Gallagher agrees with Trafford-Walker that the current market swings offer more opportunities than threats. "I think ...

Finsia appoints new CEO

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2007
... developed partnerships with Standard Chartered, HSBC, Cadbury Schweppes and Microsoft. Before this role at CIMA Fahy was an academic at the National University of Ireland and remains a fellow in the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland. Michael ...

APRA appoints new head of research

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2007
... Bank as a quantitative analyst in foreign exchange derivatives. Her work has also been published in a number of leading academic journals. In a release, APRA said it intends to expand and broaden its applied research activities under Ellis's leadersh ...

Call for papers

The Financial Standard is calling papers for the upcoming editions of the Journal of Financial Planning and the Journal of Investment Strategy. The Journal of Financial Planning publishes papers on the topics of applied financial planning, consumer ...

Macq and UNSW do the maths

Macquarie Bank has teamed up with academics at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) to develop a faster mathematical method to calculate the risks of investing in highly complex finance products. Under the initiative, the bank will work with researchers ...

PE stirs academic heat

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2007
The wave of private equity (PE) investment stirring political concerns in the UK, and to a lesser extent in the US, has prompted Australian academics to attempt a review of how PE investments should be regulated in Australia. Speaking at the Barbarians ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2007
... residency have a level of competency below that needed to pass an exam or gain professional employment. South Australian academic Dr Tracey Bretag published a paper, stating that every academic that she spoke to said international students were more ...

Daily Economic Round Up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2006
... unemployed, working part-time or under-employed. About 37 per cent of part-time workers seek more work according to other academic research. About a half of those who stopped schooling at year 10 were not involved with work or study by the following ...

Joining a DB fund the ultimate choice

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2006
... Australia's global competitiveness in the educational services market. It would be incredibly difficult to attract senior academic staff, especially experienced vice chancellors, said Byrne. "Portability across the academic industry is phenomenal," she ...

Government must intervene more to promote savings: CEDA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2006
A leading Australian think tank has called for more interventionist government policy to ready us for the economic impacts of the ageing population. Ivan Deveson, chairman and national president of the Committee for Economic Development of Australia ...