ACFS Gold Sponsorship | Australian Centre for Financial Studies

Gold Corporate Sponsorship

This level of sponsorship will suit organisations with a specific interest in an area of activity, such as participation in a particular Research Reference Group.

GOLD Corporate Sponsorship is preferably for a three (3) year agreement (negotiable), in which both parties enter into a Memorandum of Understanding specifying annually agreed objectives and progress reporting towards those objectives.

This level of sponsorship entitles the organisation to:

An opportunity to undertake a bespoke research component at the agreement of both parties;
ONE SEAT on the Industry Advisory Committee (IAC) consisting of 20 industry executives and provides the strategic direction to the Centre on research and events, and comprises principals/partners and senior managers from across the finance community, which meets at least 4 times per annum;
Opportunity to identify and promote an industry relevant research agenda for staff and students across ACFS consortium universities (ie Melbourne, RMIT and Monash) by involvement in ONE of the ACFS Research Reference Groups - Banking and Financial Institutions, Funds Management/Superannuation and Insurance, which meets 3 times per annum;
Access to Centre Executive staff to provide ONE in-house strategic and public policy briefings on industry trends and regulation to company senior staff or clients;
Introductions to academics engaged in relevant research areas with a view to seeding joint projects through mechanisms such as linkage grants;
Brand recognition through display of name/Logo on/in website, annual review, major event marketing collateral and regular fortnightly email communications, eNewsletters, Research Publications (excluding commissioned research);
TWO invitations to exclusive Corporate sponsor events which provide significant networking opportunities in the Melbourne Financial Services industry;
TWO FREE tickets to attend specific ACFS events; and
Discounts at ACFS events.