Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 51 - 60 of 484 results for "Professor"

RBA anticipated to lift the cash rate

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2022
... cash rate to 2.35%. Though, 69% of those surveyed expect the RBA to hold the cash rate in October. Macquarie University professor of economics Jeffrey Sheen said: "There are signs that supply constraints are easing and that inflation will soon begin ...

Financial literacy in Australia drops by almost 10%

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2022
... less likely than women to apply their financial knowledge to make good financial decisions. University of Newcastle professor of accounting and finance Christina Boedker said the results from a nationwide survey clearly showed the benefits of financial ...

Are Australia's wealthiest tight-fisted?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2022
... individuals, deserve more." Explaining another insight from the research related to private ancillary funds, UNSW adjunct professor and Paul Ramsay Foundation chair Michael Traill said this main form of structured giving used by wealthier Australians ...

Financial abuse linked to violence: CBA, UNSW

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2022
... domestic or family violence by an intimate partner. Of those who seek support, 90% are affected by financial abuse. UNSW professor Jan Breckenridge commented: "These are concerning figures. Financial abuse is not limited to intimate partner domestic ...

VFMC appoints head of investment risk, absolute returns

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2022
... as well as risk and solutions, and is a member of the investment leadership team. Aarons is also an adjunct associate professor of the Monash Centre for Quantitative Finance and Investment Strategies. Prior to joining VFMC, Aarons spent more than 13 ...

Those most in need of advice see least value in it: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2022
... pre-retirement age group (aged 55 or more)," the research states. The research was led by financial planning lecturer professor Chandra Krishnamurti and GAP Financial founder and financial planning lecturer Geoff Pacecca. Also on the team were associate ...

University of Melbourne launches investment funds

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2022
... and one way we do this is through translating our research into public good," University of Melbourne vice-chancellor professor Duncan Maskell said. "Our two new funds will play a critical role in supporting researchers to take more risks, to be creative ...

Liberals should liberate Australians from super: Bragg

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2022
... and wasteful product proliferation," he continued. Also responding to Bragg's assessment, Sydney University associate professor Shumi Akhtar said she both agreed and disagreed with his policies. "Our superannuation system requires some serious revision ...

Tax Practitioners Board adds two new members

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2022
... was an Australian government treasury ministry chief of staff and senior advisor. He also currently serves as adjunct professor at Deakin University Business School and co-founded the Small-Medium-Size Enterprises (SME) Research Center. Dobson has spent ...

Tax, welfare reform on election agenda

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2022
... of the bottom 20% of income earners while only making a minimal change to the earnings of the top 20%," ANU associate professor Ben Phillips said. "Under our proposed changes the highest income earners would still retire with very healthy superannuation ...