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International Centre for Financial Services |
Research and Consulting
With an international focus the Centre fosters excellence in and improved understanding of the Financial Services Industry by providing strong research for the industry, its participants, regulators, academia and other interested parties. The ICFS draws on staff expertise across four schools in the Faculty of Professions, the Schools of Economics, Commerce, Law and also the Adelaide Graduate School of Business. Additionally it can call on staff from the Schools of Mathematical Sciences and Computer Science. Experts from a number of external organisations may also be involved. Principle research goals of the centre include:
The ICFS bids for State, National and International consulting work relating to the financial services industry. ICFS consultants have worked on projects for numerous departments within the state and federal governments, international organisations (including the Asian Development Bank and the World Bank), and various large private sector banks and managed funds. At any one time the centre is usually involved in half a dozen projects. Examples of some recent project work that ICFS consultants have been involved with include:
The Lifeplan ICFS Financial Advice Satisfaction Index - June 2009 press releasesARC Linkage SuccessA team lead by Professor Ralf Zurbrugg and including other Chief Investigators Dr Jean Canil and Professor Randy Stringer have been successful in obtaining an ARC Linkage grant for the project "Survival of Australia's Family Farms: Credit Raising & Credit Access". Prof Zurbrugg says that the unique cooperation between the Business School and Prof Stringer from the Discipline of Agri-Food and Wine was vital in the success of the application. The industry partner, AWB, has been very supportive and will contribute continuously over the next three years with data, high level management input and industry contacts. Mr Colin Taylor, General Manager Financial Services, is the coordinator from AWB. Mr Taylor is a foundation member of the ICFS Advisory Board. This is one of a number of projects that have been generated with the support of ICFS Advisory Board members. Two other ARC Linkage applications have been submitted with the financial and in-kind support of Advisory Board members. In addition, two other projects are in the formation stage and may also result in further Linkage applications. Review of APRA Investment Performance Statistics of the Australian Superannuation IndustryThe International Centre for Financial Services (ICFS) has today released a 'Review of APRA Investment Performance Statistics of the Australian Superannuation Industry'. The report was commissioned by the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) who requested the ICFS provide an independent and objective view on the way in which APRA report and interpret the data they receive as part of their prudential oversight of the superannuation industry. Download the Media release now. Download the article featured in The Australian on 24th July 2008. Download the article featured in Money Management magazine on 31st July 2008 The Lifeplan ICFS Financial Advice Satisfaction Index - latest findingsDownload article featured in Money Management. Download article from Financial Standard. Further information on the Index can be viewed here. The Lifeplan ICFS Financial Advice Satisfaction IndexThis is a detailed academic study that establishes the relationship between various attributes of investors' satisfaction with their financial advisors. In particular it examines quality of technical advice, levels of trust in the advisor and perceptions of portfolio performance. It provides the data that establishes the INDEX which has a starting point of 75. Future studies will evaluate, over time, the movements in investor satisfaction with their financial advisors. This study also identifies and establishes data on investor traits such as age of the investor, duration of taking financial advice and levels of investment. It identifies many other possible areas for future research including satisfaction with fees charged and ascertaining how investors judge approporiate performance. The research sponsor, Lifeplan, will release various aspects of this study to the financial press. The study was conducted by Associate Professor Chris Medlin and Dr Syed Ali and they will update this Index each six months until at least the end of 2009. The Lifeplan ICFS Financial Advice Satisfaction Index can be downloaded here.
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