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Laminar fund wins award for innovation

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2014
... available and at the same time providing small companies with funding, difficult to access from other sources." Australian Centre for Financial Studies executive director Professor Ralston said: "It is hard to overstate the impact of technology across ...

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 ...

Penalties for fund managers too lenient

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2014
... senior university lecturer. Dr Pelma Rajapakse of Griffith University was commissioned to write a report by the Australian Centre for Financial Studies. In it she investigates some of the largest cases of fraud committed by fund managers across four ...

Platforms pushed by utility as well as technology

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2014
... "Riding the digital wave: are wealth platforms about to take off or wipe out?" seminar that was arranged by the Australian Centre for Financial Studies, Jeroen Buwalda, Partner at EY, said adding extra investment choices is only part of what constitutes ...

CSIRO to study super spending habits

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2014
... Dormer said. Research leader of the CSIRO-Monash Superannuation Research Cluster and executive director at the Australian Centre for Financial Studies, Deborah Ralston, said the Centre was continuing to strengthen its ties with industry. "We've seen ...

Superannuation Research Cluster makes two appointments

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2013
... behaviour in areas of saving, 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. ...

Australian giving grows by $248 million

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013
... the 2010-11 tax year show a $248 million lift in philanthropy, according to an August report published by The Australian Centre for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies at Queensland University of Technology (QUT). The Tax Deductible Giving in 2010-2011 ...

New $9 million super research facility opens

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2013
... academic research program was drawn together for Monash by Professor Deborah Ralston, executive director of the Australian Centre for Financial Studies. "This high impact research will provide an independent evidence base to inform policy and promote ...

Study shows dark pools benefit markets at low volumes

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2013
... analyst Sean Foley said. "At the levels observed in Canada, which are below the indicative 10% tipping point found using Australian data, dark pools have a valuable niche in financial markets." The study complements a 2012 study Comerton-Forde and Putnins ...

Infrastructure debt 'not that scary': AusSuper chair

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2013
... governments not to be afraid of going into debt if the money is used to fund infrastructure projects. Speaking at the Australian Centre for Financial Studies' 'Funding Australia's Future' forum in Sydney, Ridout said that state governments are well-placed ...