Melbourne APEC Finance Centre

MAFC's research draws on the expertise available in the financial services industry and in the professions and academia, specifically in funds management, to undertake study in emerging regulatory regimes for the supervision of superannuation and pension systems. The end product of research output is the development of training programs for regulators from emerging markets in the APEC region who are currently facing the challenges of the emergence of private pension systems.

MAFC conducts symposia to exchange information and ideas between government, the private sector and academia utilizing a wealth of knowledge and skills vested in Victoria and around the Asia-Pacific region. The purpose of these symposia is to identify gaps in knowledge amongst regional officials concerning financial regulation and sector development, and to apply governance initiatives, including investment liberalisation frameworks. The outcome is to develop modules that form the basis of capacity building training programs that respond to the regulatory demands of regional officials.

Under the auspices of the Australian APEC Study Centre, MAFC is a leading international finance sector executive training institution that over the years has specialised in financial services training for Asia Pacific regulators and industry representatives. Programs include:

• Promotion of policy frameworks and supportive capacity building initiatives that enhance governance of foreign investment through training of the region's investment policy regulators and advisers
• Managing Regulatory Change (MRC) in life insurance and pensions in support of burgeoning funds in the Asia-Pacific region that continue to grow and become major institutions that strengthen and deepen capital markets
• Training of Chinese regulators and bankers in risk management and governance processes
• Application of new international prudential standards as prescribed by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) in the form of Basel II, involving a new risk-based approach to the supervision of banks including the refinement of capital adequacy ratios

Links to programs undertaken by the Australian APEC Study Centre and MAFC -

Asia-Pacific Regulators' and Industry Dialogue: Private Pensions, Funds and Asset Management
Melbourne, Australia 2008-003

Strategies to enhance risk management and governance in China's banking system
Melbourne, Australia 2007-07

Managing Regulatory Change: Enhancing the Capacity of Developing Economies in APEC on Regulatory Regimes to Support Liberalisation of Financial Services in the WTO Doha Round
Melbourne, Australia 2006-11

Enhancing the capacity of officials to assess the impact of flexibility provisions in the Doha Round WTO negotiations for national economic welfare
Melbourne, Australia 2006-06

Managing Regulatory Change in Financial Services: Capacity Building in Prudential Regulation and Risk Management in Life Insurance and Pensions
Melbourne, Australia 2006-02

Asian Bankers Association (ABA) - Implementing Basel 2
Melbourne, Australia 2005-04

Asian Development Bank (ADB) - Managing Regulatory Change in Financial Services: Capacity Building in Prudential Regulation and Risk Management in Life Insurance and Pensions
Melbourne, Australia 2005-02

Implementing Liberalisation and Managing Structural Adjustment
Melbourne, Australia 2004-11

Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) - Prudential Regulation and Risk Management in Banking
Melbourne, Australia 2004-04

Events

Asia-Pacific Regulators' & Industry Dialogue
Delegates from across the region came to Melbourne to discuss the rapid growth in private pensions and funds managment.

China Australia Governance Program Dialogue
A Chinese delegation of bankers recently met with Australian regulators and banking practicioners in Melbourne to discuss implementing Basel II.

Bond Market Forum
The First APEC Public-Private Sector Forum on Bond Market Development discussed the need to develop and deepen corporate bond markets in Asia-Pacific economies.

MAFC inauguration
The Minister for Industry and State Development, Major Projects and Small Business, The Hon Theo Theophanous MLC launched the Centre in an official ceremony recently.

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