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Presentation on corporate governance for state-owned enterprises

1:30 - 3:30 | 21 June 2022 - Dr Nga Pham is invited to talk to Electricity Vietnam (EVN) and EVN Ho Chi Minh City about corporate governance for state-owned enterprises and the OECD principles. She will share her insight from her recent book, "State on Board! Navigating Corporate Governance in Emerging Market Business. EVN is considered to be the largest state-owned corporation in Vietnam. Located in Melbourne, CBD.

Leadership for sustainable success: People, planet and profit

2:30 - 4:00pm | 23 June 2022 - The MCFS is invited by the Trans-Tasman Business Circle to present its research on Modern Slavery to the 2022 AU Women Leaders Study Tour, led by Sam Mostyn, AO. The delegation comprises 40 senior women business leaders. Located: Melbourne, CBD.

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MCFS - CFA Institute ARX Modern Slavery Webinar

3 - 4pm | 27 April 2022 - The Monash Centre for Financial Studies together with the CFA Institute's Asia Pacific Research Exchange (ARX) will organise a series of webinars on modern slavery. The first webinar will be on the current state of modern slavery risks, and the evolving legal and regulatory landscape in several key markets.

Superannuation investment strategy in the next decade

12:45 - 2:15pm | 22 April 2022 - The changing geopolitical and economic regime may require a different approach to investing long-term retirement savings. At the 2022 FMCG Conference, three distinguished practitioners affiliated with the MCFS will discuss evolving trends, in a session moderated by MCFS Director Prof Deep Kapur.

Modern Slavery Disclosure Quality of Largest ASX-listed companies

11am - 12pm | 20 April 2022 - Dr Nga Pham will speak at the event of the Special Interest Group of Accounting and Ethics of the Australasia Business Ethics Network The talk will be about the disclosure quality of the modern slavery statements of the largest ASX-listed companies.

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Study Session on Human Rights Issues

7 July – Nomura Asset Management invites Dr Nga Pham to talk about human rights issues to help investors understand what they should or could do through engagement and/or proxy voting and the implication for Japanese companies or other regions' companies. This event is by invitation only.

ESG Investing in the APAC Region: The Outlook for 2021

21 April – For an Eastern twist on the ESG story, Dr. Bei Cui investigated how APAC markets react after negative ESG news and unpacked the opportunities and challenges in ESG investing in the Asia-Pacific region.

CFA Society Japan Advocacy Webinar

18 March – Regulator and investors in Japan are interested to learn about the ESG landscape in other markets and how stakeholder interests are incorporated into regulations and codes. Dr. Nga Pham will talk about Australia's Modern Slavery Act (2018).

i3 Podcast: Machine Learning, Crises and Tail Risks

3 February – Monash Financial Studies Centre Director Professor Deep Kapur has been interviewed for the Investment Innovation Institute’s i3 Podcast on machine learning, the effect of the pandemic on markets and other topics.

Revising Corporate Governance Code in Japan: What should we consider?

26 January – Dr. Nga Pham from Monash Centre for Financial Studies spoke to asset managers and investors of the Japan Stewardship Forum on the new edition of the ASX's Corporate Governance Principles and Recommendations and Australia's Modern Slavery Act.

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Webinar on Stakeholder Capitalism

18 December – Dr. Nga Pham spoke at this webinar organised by the International Finance Corporation, a member of the World Bank Group, to share her research findings on shareholders' ESG activism in the Asia Pacific.

Doctoral Colloquium 2020

3 December – Professor Deep Kapur was a keynote speaker at the Monash Business School Doctoral Colloquium 2020 and this year's topic was, 'What does the future hold: COVID-19, economic climate and the jobmarket.'

OMFIF Global Public Pension Asia Launch

20 November – Professor Deep Kapur joined a panel discussion on Global Public Pensions 2020 and the role of pension funds in post-COVID recovery.

Thought Capital podcast: 'Connecting the dots of COVID-19'

29 October – Professor Deep Kapur joined the podcast and discussed the implications of COVID on the economy and global trade.

Mercer CFA Institute Global Pension Index - Pacific launch

20 October – Professor Deep Kapur from Monash Centre for Financial Studies joined a panel discussion with other experts from the superannuation sector in Australia on the topic of the impact of COVID-19 on retirement pension systems around the world.

CFA Society Japan Advocacy Webinar

4 September – Dr Nga Pham joined this webinar regarding Shareholder Activism in Japan and discussed the achievements of the year and what would be the next issues.

Virtual Round-Table: The Digital Economy in the Time of COVID-19 and Beyond

6 August – Professor Deep Kapur was in the panel of speakers who joined this virtual round-table event and discussed how the digital economy is being transformed by COVID-19 and how it is likely to come out of the pandemic.

Apollo Capital Digital Asset Webinar for Institutional and Family Office Investors

29 July – A range of topics related to digital assets was discussed during this webinar and Professor Deep Kapur was on the list of leading industry figures who joined it.

Global Public Investor 2020 Asia launch

29 July – Professor Deep Kapur joined a webinar for the Global Public Investor 2020 Asia Launch on pension funds' role in post-COVID recovery. The Global Public Investor, now in its seventh year, is devoted to public sector asset ownership and management around the world.

Virtual roundtable with the Lord Mayor of the City of London

23 July – Professor Deep Kapur was the first respondent in this virtual roundtable for a discussion with a post Brexit focus, experience from COVID, London's repositioning post-Covid, and Brexit.

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Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index Launch - Sydney

22 October – Australia's own world-class superannuation system has been regularly ranked among global leaders.

Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index Launch

21 October – Supported by the Victorian Government and produced in partnership with the Monash Centre for Financial Studies and Mercer, the Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index is considered to be one of the most respected and comprehensive benchmarks of global pension and superannuation systems.

24th Melbourne Money and Finance Conference

22-23 July – The Hayne Royal Commission: Implications for the Australian Financial Sector.

2018

Open Banking: challenges and opportunities

19 October 2018 – What challenges and opportunities will the sharing of customer banking data present for banks and non-banks?

Creative Destruction in Australian Banking

11 July 2018 – In this panel, we discussed how the Royal Commission into the banking sector has revealed widespread governance and culture issues, with far reaching consequences for the future of our financial institutions.