Events – 2010

16 December 2010 (Melbourne CBD)
By-invitation only event
Melbourne Financial Services Symposium Cocktail Event

10 December 2010 (Melbourne CBD)
Finance Forum – The ASX-SGX proposal – in the national interest?
Program and Registration

7 December 2010 (Sydney)
By-invitation only event
Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index 2010 Presentation
Hosted by Financial Services Council

25 November 2010 (Melbourne)
Risk Management in Financial Services Finsia Workshop
Park Hyatt Melbourne
Finsia Risk Mgt Workshop Melbourne 25112010

12 November 2010 (London, UK)
By-invitation only event
Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index 2010 Launch
Hosted by Australian Trade Commission and Invest Victoria

27 October 2010 (Melbourne CBD)
ACFS Workshop – The old valuations out of WACC – changing risk premia post-GFC
Program and Registration

20 October 2010 (Melbourne CBD)
By-invitation only event
Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index 2010 Launch
Hosted by Victorian Government

20 October 2010 (New York, USA)
By-invitation only event
Boardroom Briefing: Stability in an Uncertain World:The Australian Financial System
Speaker: Professor Kevin Davis, Research Director, Australian Centre for Financial Studies
Hosted by Australian Trade Commission and Invest Victoria

19 October 2010 (New York, USA)
By-invitation only event
Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index 2010 Launch
Hosted by Australian Trade Commission and Invest Victoria

30 Sep – 1 Oct 2010 (Melbourne CBD) (2 day event)
ACFS-Finsia Banking & Finance Conference 2010
Program and registration

31 August 2010 (Melbourne CBD)
By-invitation only Boardroom Briefing 
Speaker: Dr David Wyss, Global Chief Economist, Standard & Poors
Topic: Local and Global Economic Outlook
Presented by Standard & Poor’s

3 August 2010 (Melbourne CBD)
Consumer Finance Symposium (run in conjunction with Finsia) 
Program Details
For more information please call (+61 3) 9666 1050

7 July 2010
Re-brand Launch of the Australian Centre for Financial Studies (previously known as the Melbourne Centre for Financial Studies)
with the Hon. Chris Bowen MP, John Lenders MP and Professor Deborah Ralston, Director of the Australian Centre for Financial Studies.
Invitation only event

23 June 2010 (Canberra)
Policy Forum: Retirement Systems, Issues & Solutions – Australia post Cooper & the International environment
Program
Presentations

7 June 2010 (Melbourne CBD)
Finance Forum: Insurance Regulatory and Supervisory Developments – the International Perspective
Speaker: Craig Thorburn, Senior Specialist (Insurance), World Bank
Sponsored by: Suncorp Bank
Brochure
Presentation

31st May and 1 June 2010 (Brighton Savoy Vic)
Melbourne Money and Finance Conference 2010 (2 day event) – Assessing the Impact of Changes in Financial Regulation
Sponsored by: ANZ, APRA, Commonwealth Bank, NAB, Reserve Bank of Australia

26 May 2010 (Melbourne CBD)
Finance Forum: Bank Capital Adequacy: where to now?
Speaker: Prof Kevin Davis, Research Director, Melbourne Centre for Financial Studies
Venue hosted by: Thomson Reuters
Presentation

13 May 2010 (Sydney)
Boardroom Briefing: The State of the US economy and global implications
Speaker: Dr Martin Feldstein, George F. Baker Professor of Economics at Harvard University, and the president emeritus of the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER).
Presented by Citidel Asset Management

12 May 2010 (Melbourne CBD)
Boardroom Briefing: The State of the US economy and global implications
Speaker: Dr Martin Feldstein, George F. Baker Professor of Economics at Harvard University, and the president emeritus of the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER).
Presented by Citidel Asset Management

7 May 2010 (Melbourne CBD)
Finance Forum: Regulation of Managed Investments: Lessons from the Great Southern Failure
Speaker: Prof Kevin Davis, Research Director, Melbourne Centre for Financial Studies
Venue hosted by: Thomson Reuters
Presentation

27 April 2010 (Melbourne CBD)
Seminar Series: Understanding Corporate Defaults -The Z-Metrics Methodology for Estimating Company Credit Ratings and Defaults Risk Probabilities
Speaker: Ed Altman, Max L. Heine Professor of Finance, Stern School of Business, New York University and Director of the Credit and Fixed Income Research Program, New York University Salomon Centre Sponsored by Riskmetrics Group
Venue hosted by Ernst & Young
Brochure
Presentation

7 – 9 Apr 2010 (Melbourne CBD)
La Trobe Finance and Corporate Governance Conference
Panel Session 1 – Governance and Regulation of Financial Institutions: Emerging Trends
Sponsored by Bendigo and Adelaide Bank
Panel Session 2 – Boutique Funds Management
Sponsored by AFM Investment Partners

1 March 2010 (Melbourne CBD)
Melbourne Financial Services Symposium MFSS2010
Theme: Global Investing – growing the business in the new environment
Speakers: Paul Costello – VFMC; Rich Kushel – BlackRock (Dinner); Aaron Drew – Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation; Andrew Cooke – GSJBWere; Jeremy Duffield – The Vanguard Group; Michael Dwyer – First State Super; Melinda Howes – IAA; Rita Harris – Mercer; Ray Lester – NAB; Paul Cutts – Northern Trust; Vicki Martyn – QIC and Peter Curtis – Australian Super.
Platinum sponsors: EPA Victoria, Department of Business and Innovation, National Australia Bank
Major Sponsors: Austrade, City of Melbourne, Franklin Templeton Investments, Mercer, Northern Trust, TCV, VFMC
One day Program including Gala Dinner.
Symposium website
Brochure

10 February 2010 (Melbourne CBD)
4th International Distinguished Lecture
Speaker: Jaime Caruana, General Manager, Bank for International Settlements, Basel
Topic: “Grappling with Systemic Risk”
Sponsored by KPMG and RBA
Brochure
Presentation