Media mentions
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November
Dr Sean Pinder was interviewed by Bloomberg for comment on capital management by Australian firms: http://bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=2601087&sid=aUdf.Nxw23dM&pos=1
October
- Les Coleman made the news this morning, with his Opinion Piece ”Investors need more data on business risk” appearing the Australian Financial Review.
September
- Kevin Davis was quoted on bankers’ executive compensation in the BusinessDay section of the Age
http://business.theage.com.au/business/forget-upside-hit-the-bankers-on-the-way-down-20090908-fg28.html
January
- Les Coleman appeared in The Australian Business pages on the Wednesday 21st January with an article on bank margins: Banks salt away money to cover losses
2008
November
- Graham Cocks (senior fellow in our Department) published the following opinion piece: Why Experts Fail in the Business Spectator: Why Experts Fail
October
- Kevin Davis appeared in Business Spectator this morning The-haircut-solution – following his appearance on ABC 774 earlier today. Listen Here
- Kevin also has an op ed in the AFR this morning (“Distortion is preferable to destruction”) and was quoted in the Australian. How Swan can stop the run on funds
- Eureka Street today published Les Coleman’s opinion piece: “Bankers conspire to cover their assets” http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/article.aspx?aeid=9621
- Les Coleman’s commentary on long-term thinking amidst global financial turmoil appeared in the Weekend Australian Financial Review, on October 18-19
- Dr Rayna Brown was interviewed on ABC regional Drive explaining the difference between deposits and debentures.
- Kevin Davis appeared in the Australian Financial Review, commenting on the government’s financial crisis action plan and possible unintended consequences.
- Dr Rayna Brown was interviewed on 13 October, 2008 by ABC Radio to explain the intricacies of the deposit insurance “package” and clarified that it was banks’ liabilities, rather than their assets that would be protected.
- Kevin Davis has made an appearance in the Business Spectator on the guarantee of banks’ market debt: The guarantee needs fine-tuning
July
- Dr Les Coleman appeared in the Australian Financial Review (Wednesday 23rd July 2008) with his assessment of the need to start hedging commodity prices: Time to be forward on hedge comeback
- Dr Les Coleman appeared on ABC TV's Business Day this morning talking about the resilience of the Chinese economy. http://australianetwork.com/businesstoday/archives.htm?site=200807#videoplayer
June
- In the lead-up to the Olympics, Dr Les Coleman discusses the possibility of the Chinese economy stumbling in this week’s Australian Financial Review (Doubts bubble up that China’s golden run can last).
May
- Dr Rayna Brown was intereviewed for the SBS World News story about the St George Bank/Westpac merger.
March
- Assoc. Professor Christine Brown and Professor Kevin Davis hit the news (Business Spectator): with a sub-prime analysis. Read the online article
2007
December
- Professor Kevin Davis appeared on ABC TV's Lateline Business on Thursday 5 December speaking about changes to the Reserve Bank's communications policy. Transcript and more information is available on the ABC website
September
- Professor Kevin Davis's comments on the subprime mortgage crisis appeared in print in the New York Times ("Why a U.S. Subprime Mortgage Crisis Is Felt Around the World"), on August 31, 2007.
Read the New York Times Article online
March
- 21 March, "Australian Financial Review": Dr Les Coleman's article "Picking right CEO is critical" featured in the Opinion Pages.
Read the original text courtesy of Dr Coleman - Professor Kevin Davis appeared on Lateline Business (ABC) on Wednesday 7 March.
Kevin was interviewed by Neil Woolrich about how hedge funds become major stakeholders in companies subject to takeover (Hedge funds snap up large portion of Qantas).
Read the transcript from the Lateline website - Dr Les Coleman appeared on ABC Radio National - Saturday Extra on Saturday 3 March.
Les was interviewed by Geraldine Doogue about behavioural finance aspects of the sudden collapse in share prices on worldwide stock exchanges.
More information and audio on the Staurday Extra website
2006
June
- Congratulations to our Honours students, Joshua Blakey and Rebecca Pitt, who were accepted to present their Honours research projects at the 2006 National Honours Colloquium (UNSW).
March
- Dr Xin (Simba) Chang's forthcoming The Journal of Finance article "Analyst Coverage and Financing Decisions" (Xin Chang, Sudipto Dasgupta, and Gilles Hilary) is available for download from their website http://www.afajof.org/journal/forth_abstract.asp?ref=286