July 2024

NEWSLETTER

On behalf of the board of AFAANZ, we'd like to take this opportunity to welcome the new New Zealand President, Professor Nives Botica-Redmayne; and new board member Associate Professor Julie Harrison. We'd also like to thank outgoing New Zealand President Dr Nicola Beatson for her valuable service and contribution to AFAANZ since her appointment to the board in 2020.

The AFAANZ Board wishes to thank our AFAANZ Members for making the 2024 conference one of the most successful ever! We had 410 members and exhibitors register for our event over the 4 days, capped off with the final dinner. The conference had a plethora of highlights, including two highly engaging keynotes from Professors Sarah McVay and Craig Deegan, numerous informative panels and sponsor keynotes, and 250 presentations from AFAANZ members.

Thank you to our Platinum Sponsor: Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, our Gold Sponsor: CPA Australia and our Bronze Sponsor MYOB for their support and contribution to the conference.

Congratulations also to Andrew Jackson who was awarded Fellowship Membership of AFAANZ for his continuous contribution to AFAANZ. The Peter Brownell Manuscript Award winners Leye Li, Louise Yi Lu, Yi Wang & Yangxin Yu; the Robert Faff Finance Manuscript Award to Andre Poyser and Dan Dagaard; and Ellie Norris who won the Best PhD Award.

Also, congratulations to the Best Paper Award winners and also the Outstanding Reviewers Award winners. All winners and categories are listed HERE. AFAANZ research grants were also announced, click HERE to view the grant recipients by Institutional Member Universities.

And special thanks to David Bond and Lily Chen for taking the reins this year - and to Jacqui Bates and the team at The Conference Manager for bringing it all together.

The Doctoral Symposium also was a success with 42 students taking part over 2 days - thank you to Michaela Rankin and Sumit Lodhia for coordinating this event and the 14 faculty who volunteered their time to run the PhD student group sessions.

Conference photos can be viewed HERE

I hope you're all looking forward to Brisbane 2025!

Nicola Beatson & Marvin Wee

AFAANZ Presidents

To register, click HERE

Securing the Future: Cybersecurity trends and strategies for the accounting industry

For anyone who missed Peter Wolski’s (General Manager, Reliability and Cyber Security at MYOB) presentation at the AFAANZ Conference, you can watch it HERE.

And here are links to recent research on cybersecurity by MYOB in both Australia and New Zealand.

Au: Australian mid-market on high alert against cyber threat: https://www.myob.com/au/press-releases/australian-mid-market-on-high-alert-against-cyber-threat
NZ: Low cybersecurity preparedness leaves SMEs vulnerable: https://www.myob.com/nz/press-releases/low-cybersecurity-preparedness-leaves-smes-vulnerable

CALL FOR PAPERS：2025 China Accounting and Finance Conference

2025 (9th) China Accounting and Finance Conference & Accounting and Finance Volume 65, Issue 5 on New Developments in Chinese Capital Markets

January 10-12, 2025 - Wuhan, China

CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT

To engage with contemporary global issues and promote China-related accounting and finance research, the School of Finance & the Innovation and Talent Base for Digital Technology and Finance at Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, in conjunction with the Accounting and Finance (AF), invite submissions of academic papers for the 2025 (9th) China Accounting and Finance Conference (CAFC 2025), This conference offers the possibility of publication in the China Issue of Accounting and Finance (Volume 65, Issue 5), focusing on New Developments in Chinese Capital Markets. This event serves as a premier academic platform where scholars and practitioners worldwide can exchange and share their research on crucial accounting and finance topics related to China and the global landscape.

Conference Dates: January 10-12, 2025

Paper Submission Deadline: November 4, 2024

All details are available HERE

To view the latest Call for Papers from our Institutional Members and journals, click on the Call button.

AFAANZ AWARDS

Applications are now open for Awards to be granted to AFAANZ members at the 2025 Conference.

AFAANZ Life member is granted to members who have made an outstanding contribution to AFAANZ and an outstanding contribution to at least one of scholarship, education or the profession. Click HERE for the criteria. Applications must be received by 8th November 2024.

The Fellow of AFAANZ Award is granted to members who have made a significant contribution to AFAANZ's activities over a sustained period of time. Click HERE for the criteria and application. Applications must be received by 8th November 2024.

Outstanding Contribution to Education Award

The aim of this award is to recognise outstanding contributions to accounting and finance practice by members of AFAANZ. This award may be made to more than one recipient provided nomination(s) are of a sufficiently high merit and meet the selection criteria. Applications must be received by 25th October 2024. Applications details are available HERE

Book it in your diaries:

AFAANZ Education Forum

Tuesday 26 November 2024

CA ANZ Office, Melbourne

In late September 2024, the Taskforce on Inequality and Social-related Financial Disclosures (TISFD) will be launched. As we look ahead to the launch, the TISFD Working Group and Monash Business School & G100 are pleased to invite you to a webinar to learn more about the forthcoming Taskforce.

Markets rely on people and society to operate. These dependencies, as well as the impacts businesses and investors have on people, can pose major business risks or opportunities. Inequality is a system-level risk for the economy, which can undermine the functioning and stability of society and institutions. TISFD will develop a global framework and recommendations for reporting and managing inequality and social-related risks, opportunities, impacts and dependencies. The framework will build upon existing initiatives and be positioned to be integrated within existing disclosure frameworks, including those of the ISSB, GRI, and EFRAG.

The TISFD Working Group, composed of 25 organisations from business, finance, labour, and civil society, is working together to prepare the Taskforce launch. At the 7th August ’24 webinar, representatives of the Working Group will present the proposed scope, workplan, and governance structure, and opportunities to become part of the Taskforce.

Join us to share your feedback on how TISFD can add value to your work and how to make it relevant for your organization.

In advance of the webinar, you encouraged to visit the TISFD website at www.tisfd.org to learn more about TISFD and consider becoming a TISFD Supporter. Full details are available HERE

Event: Wednesday 7 August 9.00am to 10.30am: Join the meeting now or email to request the calendar invite

Instats (instats.org) is an online platform designed to make high quality research training globally accessible and affordable. From free introductory tutorials to in-depth courses, Instats offers access to PhD-level research training and career advancement through their global network of experts and institutions.

As an exclusive offer for AFAANZ members, enter the code AFAANZ20 at checkout to get 20% off the regular price of any livestreaming or on-demand research training seminar. If you'd like to offer content through the Instats platform, please get in touch at info@instats.org to explore individual or institutional partnership opportunities.

AFAANZ Members Areas of Expertise

To enable better collaboration between AFAANZ Members and our main sponsors – Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand and CPA Australia – we are collecting information around areas of expertise of our members. The member portal has been updated to allow for selection into topic areas. Should our sponsors require expertise in a certain area, AFAANZ will be able to provide connections to provide opportunities for engagement.

To enter this information, enter your AFAANZ member portal and click on the Additional Profile Information tab and select the Personal Information tab. Click on the edit/create button and the areas of expertise multiple check-box topics will appear along with an areas of interest text box to enter your information. Email info@afaanz.org if you have any questions.