Events – 2011

Tuesday 1 December, 2011 (Melbourne)
Melbourne Financial Services Symposium 2012 Launch and ACFS Christmas Cocktails
(By Invitation Only)

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Monday 7 November, 2011 (Melbourne) 1 – 4.30pm
ACFS Half-Day Workshop:  Current Issues in Estimating the Cost of Capital
Program and registration details

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Wednesday 19 October, 2011 (Melbourne)
Boardroom Briefing:  Investment Strategies – simplicity is the key!
Speaker: Dr Burton Malkiel, Chemical Bank Chairman’s Professor of Economics, Princeton University and Author
(By Invitation only)
Supported by: Vanguard Investments

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Wednesday 12 October, 2011 (Sydney)
ASFA Lunch hosting Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index 2011
Supported by: ASFA

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Tuesday 11 October, 2011 (Melbourne)
Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index Launch for 2011
(By Invitation Only)
Supported by: Victorian Government

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Monday 19 September, 2011 (Adelaide)
In-house Half-day Workshop - Current Issues in Estimating the Cost of Capital
Sponsored by:  Essential Services Commission SA

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Thursday 15 September, 2011 (Melbourne)
International Study Group:  Improving the Pension System by studying the Australian Superannuation System
Delegation: Central Official Training Institute, Korea
Venue supported by:  Ernst & Young

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Monday 5 September, 2011 (Melbourne) 
Boardroom Briefing: Indonesia: Giant in the making
(By Invitation Only)
Sponsored by AFM Investment Partners 

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Tuesday 12 July, 2011 (Melbourne)
 ACFS Twilight Forum: Natural Disaster Inquiry
Natural Disaster Insurance Review

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Thursday 7 and Friday 8 July, 2011 (Melbourne)
16th Melbourne Money and Finance Conference
“Retail and Household Finance: Current Issues”
Sponsored by ANZ Banking Group, APRA, Finsia, National Australia Bank and the Reserve Bank of Australia
Invitation only event

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Monday 2 May, 2011 (Melbourne) 5 – 7.30pm
International Distinguished Lecture – Martin Wheatley,
Chief Executive Officer, Securities and Futures Commission, Hong Kong and
CEO designate of the UK Financial Conduct Authority
Sponsored by KPMG and the Victorian Government
“Challenges facing financial regulators”

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Friday 29 April, 2011 (Melbourne)
ACFS Panel Sessions
part of the La Trobe University 2nd Finance and Corporate Governance Conference
Panel Session 1 – “Basel III and Beyond” 2 – 3.30pm
Proudly sponsored by Ernst & Young

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Friday 29 April, 2011 (Melbourne)
ACFS Panel Sessions
Part of the La Trobe University 2nd Finance and Corporate Governance Conference
Panel Session 2 – “Super after Cooper “ 4 – 5.30pm
Proudly sponsored by Ernst & Young

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Monday 18 April, 2011 (Adelaide) 1 – 5pm
ACFS Workshop – “The old valuations out of WACC – changing risk premia post-GFC”
More information – Adelaide

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Thursday 14 April, 2011 (Melbourne) 5 – 7.30pm
Influential Industry Panel
A joint event between ACFS and the Economic Society of Australia, proudly sponsored by PricewaterhouseCoopers.

The Senate Economics Committee Inquiry into Competition within the Australian Banking Sector has generated much heat and some light.

Panel Speakers include: Michael Ullmer, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, National Australia Bank; Ian Harper, Director, Access Economics; Steven Münchenberg, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Bankers’ Association; and Graeme Samuel AC, Chairman, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. Moderated by Professor Kevin Davis, Research Director, Australian Centre for Financial Studies.
Banking Panel April 2011

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Friday 1 April, 2011 (Brisbane) 2 – 6pm
ACS Workshop – “The old valuations out of WACC – changing risk premia post-GFC”
More information – Brisbane

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Thursday 31 March, 2011 (Sydney) 1-5pm
ACFS Workshop – “The old valuations out of WACC – changing risk premia post-GFC”
More information – Sydney

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Wednesday 16 March, 2011 (Melbourne)
International Leadership Series -  “Today’s Economic Risks”
Speaker: Dr Martin Feldstein, leading American Economist, the George F. Baker Professor of Economics at Harvard University, and the president emeritus of the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER).
Sponsored by: Citadel Asset Management.

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Tuesday 1 March, 2011 (Melbourne)
Melbourne Financial Services Symposium (MFSS) – “Global Investing – Preserving Long Term Value”
Premier Funds Management and Superannuation industry event for Melbourne including the announcement of the winners of the Victorian Innovation in Funds Management and Investment Stewardship Awards. Symposium invovles a luncheon, afternoon presentations followed by a Gala Dinner hosting Industry Awards (options available to attend all or part of the program).
International and local guest speakers
Speaker Presentations
Sponsors: Victorian Government, Victorian Funds Management Corporation, Austrade, Frankling Templeton, Northern Trust, City of Melbourne, TCV
Program
About the Symposium Awards
Visit MFSS website

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Monday 31 January, 2011 (Melbourne)
Finance Forum – Credit portfolio stress-testing
Speaker: Dr Klaus Duellmann – Head of Banking Supervision Research and Deputy Head of the Research Centre in the central office of the Deutsche Bundesbank in Frankfurt, Germmany
Who should attend: Regulators; Credit Executives / Managers; Risk and Compliance Specialists; Basel professionals; Analysts; Finance Academics; Banking and Financial Services Practitioners; and Finance Students.

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Enquiries relating to any events, please contact:

Frieda McLoughlin at the Australian Centre on (+61 3) 9666 1007 or via events@australiancentre.com.au