Financial Risk Day 2015RISK CULTURE, GOVERNANCE AND FINANCIAL LITERACYFriday, 13 March Swissotel Ballroom, Sydney

Places are limited Register today at: be.mq.edu.au/riskday2015

CENTRE FOR FINANCIAL RISKFaculty of Business and Economics

SPEAKERS & PROGRAM

9.00 - 9.30 REGISTRATION

9.30 - 9.45 Opening remarks and Welcome

Prof Stefan TrueckCo-Director, Centre for Financial Risk

9.45 - 10.30 ASIC’s Risk Outlook for 2015

Mr Greg TanzerCommissioner, ASIC

10.30 - 11.15 Risk Management and Compliance

Ms Amrita JebamoneyDirector, PwC

11.15 - 11.40 MORNING TEA

11.40 - 12.40 What We Know About Risk Culture in BanksA/Prof Elizabeth SheedyMacquarie Applied Finance Centre

12.40 - 13.40 LUNCH

13.40 - 14.30 Risk and Governance – A Prudential Regulator PerspectiveMr Ian LaughlinDeputy Chair, APRA

14.30 - 15.15 Panel discussion: Risk Culture and Governance - Winners and LosersChaired by A/Prof Sue WrightMacquarie University

15.15 - 15.45 AFTERNOON TEA

15.45 - 16.30 Myths and Facts about female DirectorsProf Renee AdamsCommonwealth Bank Chair in Finance, UNSW

16.30 - 17.30 FINE WINE RECEPTION & CONVERSATION

Sponsored by FIRN - The Finance and Economic Women’s Group (F.E.W)

Friday, 13 March Swissotel, 68 Market Street, Sydney

Financial Risk Day - Conference 2015RISK CULTURE, GOVERNANCE AND FINANCIAL LITERACY

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REASONS TO ATTEND

This one day conference brings together experts from industry, academia and regulatory bodies to analyse and discuss recent developments in financial research.

OUR SPEAKERS WILL FOCUS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF HEALTHY RISK CULTURE IN FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS TO:• Support innovation and flexibility

• Limit exposure to destructive influences with good governance

• Enhance risk literacy among employees and clients

WE CONSIDER THE IMPACT OF RECENT EVENTS RELATING TO INSIDER TRADING AND INAPPROPRIATE FINANCIAL ADVICE:• Where compromised culture can lead to risky behaviour

• There are direct implications for profits and reputation

• Culture is balanced with regulation, governance and compliance activities

Our high-profile presenters will examine these factors as a means of controlling financial risk in a range of organisations with their expert insight based on important new research.

This year’s speakers include representatives of the regulatory sector, industry and academia. Together they will offer fresh perspectives on risk management, and the increasing importance of fostering a healthy risk culture as a key concern for all businesses, and in particular in the financial services sector.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

• Risk managers

• Compliance managers and officers

• Product managers and developers

• Marketing managers

• Policy researchers

• Consultants

• Professionals from the banking and finance sector

• Regulators

CONFERENCE ENQUIRIES

Please direct all enquiries regarding the conference to:

Jacqui Cullinane – Faculty Events Officer, T: (02) 9850 4852,E: jacqueline.cullinane@mq.edu.au

MORE INFORMATION

To learn more about the Centre for Financial Risk and how your business can be involved, contact Linda Drake – Centre for Financial Risk, T: (02) 9850 8678, E: linda.drake@mq.edu.au

THE CENTRE FOR FINANCIAL RISK

The Centre for Financial Risk brings together the Faculty’s researchers on uncertainty in capital markets to investigate the nature and management of financial risks faced by institutions and households.

Research conducted by members of the centre straddles international and domestic issues relevant to all levels of the economy, including regulation, banking, insurance, superannuation and the wider corporate sector, along with utility and energy providers, governments and individuals.

The nature and management of financial risks across these diverse sectors are analysed and investigated by a team of leading researchers with expertise in economics, econometrics and innovative modelling approaches.

Professor Jeffrey Sheen and Professor Stefan Trueck are co-directors of the Centre for Financial Risk. The centre promotes the exchange of ideas and techniques between academics and practitioners through both research projects and a program of workshops and conferences, including the annual Risk Day event.

REGISTRATIONDate: Friday 13 March 2015

Venue: Swissotel

68 Market Street, Sydney

Time: 9.30 -17.30

Cost: $295

Register: be.mq.edu.au/riskday2015

Special Discounts available for Academics, FIRN, CIFR affiliates and CSIRO.

CONNECTING ACADEMICS ACROSS AUSTRALIA FIRN is a major Australian network of academics focused on finance research. FIRN’s purpose is to help finance academics achieve better research outcomes. FIRN helps create stronger research collaborations across Australia and between Australia and the rest of the world. FIRN also helps ensure that doctoral training in finance in its member institutions is internationally competitive.

Members of FIRN work across a number of disciplines including:

• Actuarial Studies

• Applied Statistics

• Asset Pricing

• Corporate Finance

• Banking & Investments

• Corporate Governance

• Econometrics

• Financial Economics

• Financial Mathematics

• Funds Management

• Market Microstructure

MISSION• Achieve networking outcomes that are available only through a collective approach;

• Foster the next generation of financial academics, researchers and policymakers by providing an innovative and challenging environment for the development and dissemination of ideas;

• Host visits by internationally renowned academics to Australia for the purpose of exposing FIRN members to state of the art research methodology;

• Facilitate the exchange of research knowledge across Australia and around the world;

• Provide leadership and industry expertise across the financial research sector;

• Create a platform of opportunities that promotes Australian research worldwide.

INSTITUTIONSAustralian National University, Deakin University, Edith Cowan University, Griffith University, La Trobe University, Macquarie University, Monash University, QUT, SIRCA, The University of Melbourne , The University of Newcastle, The University of New South Wales, The University of Queensland, The University of South Australia, The University of Sydney, The University of Tasmania, The University of Western Australia, University of Technology, Sydney.

For more information, visit our website www.firn.org.au

LOCATIONSwissotel, 68 Market St, Sydney

The Swissotel Ballroom adjoins the reception area on Level One. Please enter from Market St, and take the lift to the first floor. (Entry adjoins Myer department store, midway between George and Pitt Streets, opposite the State Theatre).