This paper reports findings from an ongoing collaborative research project with the Financial Services Council (FSC), which contributed funding and facilitated the survey of financial planners’ clients through FSC member organisations. The article draws on the report to the FSC that was...

This paper investigates associations between related party transactions (RPTs) and governance and performance factors of new economy firms. Previous research has examined the related party transactions of large U.S. firms. In contrast, we focus on smaller, newly listed Australian firms. Referred...

The Australian accounting standard AAS 25 Financial Reporting by Superannuation Plans was the first pension accounting standard internationally to apply established conceptual framework (CF) principles. In Australia those principles have guided standard setting for more than a decade. However,...

The recent decline in funding levels of defined benefit pension plans (DBPs) has attracted the attention of regulators in Australia and other jurisdictions. In light of such scrutiny, this study provides timely empirical evidence of the economic and regulatory implications of the recent change...

We examine the relation between pre-SEO announcement date misvaluation and long-run post-SEO performance for a large sample of Australian seasoned equity offerings (SEO) made between 1993 and 2001. Our study is motivated by inconsistent findings across countries with respect to the SEO long-run...

With the massive decline in savings arising from the Global Financial Crisis (GFC), it is timely to review superannuation fund investment and disclosure strategies in the lead-up to the crisis. Accordingly, this study examines differences among superannuation funds? default investment options in...