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The Melbourne APEC Finance Centre brings together local and international resources to publish newsletters and undertake research that informs and stimulates debate concerning matters of importance to finance in the APEC region. As the MAFC program develops, research undertaken shall draw on the knowledge and expertise of academics and consultants with a long experience in finance.

Reports and papers of note from other agencies and enterprises in the field of finance are also available here.


Publications of MAFC

CONFERENCES & DIALOGUES -

Asia-Pacific Regulators and Industry Dialogue: Private Pensions, Funds and Asset Management
Melbourne, Australia 2008-03

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

First APEC Public-Private Sector Forum on Bond Market Development
Melbourne, April 2007

Keynote address: The four pillars of governance
Delivered at the MAFC ceremonial launch by Prof Alan Fels AO, Dean of ANZSOG.

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

NEWSLETTERS -

Melbourne APEC Finance Quarterly - Issue 1

Melbourne APEC Finance Quarterly - Issue 2

Melbourne APEC Finance Quarterly - Issue 3

Melbourne APEC Finance Quarterly - Issue 4

RESEARCH -

Private retirement plans in selected APEC economies
This presentation given at the Asia-Pacific Regulators' & Industry Dialogue by David Knox of Mercer is a summary of the research commissioned by MAFC


Reports and Papers

Paper: Soveriegn Wealth Funds
Ken Waller addresses some of the key issues arising from the expansion of SWFs and international responses to them in this paper written for ABAC.

Report: Vietnam update
Economics@ANZ reports on the choppy waters Vietnam's economy is facing due to a wideninig trade deficit and rising inflation.

Guidelines: Licensing Pensions Entities
OECD and IOPS set out a blueprint for a licensing regime in the pensions industry.

Paper: A new microfinance initiative for APEC
John Conroy of FDC seeks to get microfinance back on the FMP agenda by addressing the systemic problem of financial exclusion.

Presentation: Liquidity Monitor - February 2008
Economics@ANZ assesses the current financial environment locally and internationally in light of the credit crunch.


Publications of the Australian APEC Study Centre