Rodney Maddock Archives - Australian Centre for Financial Studies

Funding Australia’s Future – Fintech

May 16, 2018 | Author: David Link . Deborah Cope . John Vaz . Kevin Davis . Kym Brown . Rodney Maddock | Commissioned Papers, Funding Australia’s Future
ACFS initiated Funding Australia’s Future in 2012 to better understand the changing dynamics of the financial system and its impact on future economic growth.These four papers, released in May 2018, explore the growth of fintech, its implications on the structure of...

How Commonwealth Bank got itself into such a mess

May 3, 2018 | Author: Rodney Maddock | Banking and Capital Markets, Opinion Pieces
Published by Australian Financial Review on Wednesday 2 May 2018 The banking royal commission has been full of horror stories. To some extent this is not surprising. Banks undertake millions of transactions per year so it is hardly surprising that there are some...

AMP’s royal commission revelations will mean rethink of reputational risk

April 19, 2018 | Author: Rodney Maddock | Banking and Capital Markets, Opinion Pieces
Published by Australian Financial Review on Wednesday 18 April 2018 The revelations in the Hayne royal commission about AMP have been particularly shocking. This is certain to become a case study for future MBAs in how to mismanage a corporate problem. Errors in the...

ACCC should be the new big stick against the banks

February 7, 2018 | Author: Rodney Maddock | Banking and Capital Markets, Opinion Pieces
Published by Australian Financial Review on Wednesday 7 February The Productivity Commission draft report into banking competition is very large, but it really focuses on just four issues. The first is that people buying financial products should have better...

Why Australia can’t do without cash

January 16, 2018 | Author: Rodney Maddock | Banking and Capital Markets, Opinion Pieces
Published by Australian Financial Review on Tuesday 16 January Australia can eliminate the use of cash in its economy, Richard Holden has argued in these pages this week. He mainly focused on the benefits in terms of reducing illegal activities, in reducing tax...

Culture easy, but wrong, culprit in banking royal commission

December 7, 2017 | Author: Rodney Maddock | Banking and Capital Markets, Opinion Pieces
Published by Australian Financial Review, Wednesday 6 December Much of the current debate about bank culture focuses on the remuneration and incentive systems. This is largely misplaced. Big banks have multiple cultures and those cultures are shaped by a variety of...

Cultivating growth: The 2nd Asia Pacific Region Alternative Finance Industry Report

September 20, 2017 | Author: Deborah Ralston . Edward Buckingham . Kieran Garvey . Rodney Maddock . Yianni Katiforis | Banking and Capital Markets, Funding Australia’s Future, Research Reports

Australia’s alternative-finance market has grown 53% over the past 12 months, to be become the second largest market in Asia-Pacific.

Out with the political staffers: CBA’s government and corporate affairs fail

August 31, 2017 | Author: Rodney Maddock | Banking and Capital Markets, Opinion Pieces
Published by the Australian Financial Review, Thursday 31 August What happened at the Commonwealth Bank is becoming a little clearer. It appears that the problems were well known and discussions underway with the regulator and internally about the appropriate action...

How Commonwealth Bank confused co-operation with complacency

August 9, 2017 | Author: Rodney Maddock | Banking and Capital Markets, Opinion Pieces
Published by the Australian Financial Review, Wednesday 9 August Implementing cultural change within CBA was one of Ralph Norris’ major achievements as chief executive from 2005 to 2011. He insisted on far more co-operation across divisions. CBA changed...

Submission to Enhancing Victoria’s Economic Performance and Productivity

August 2, 2017 | Author: Rodney Maddock | Funds Management and Superannuation, Submissions
Download the submission The Australian Centre for Financial Studies (ACFS) welcomed the opportunity to support the Premier’s Jobs and Investment Panel Inquiry into Enhancing Victoria’s Economic Performance and Productivity. Download the...

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