What's New

Innovation Stream Business Session 1 - Tuesday 19 October

Community connections: Mutuals have close ties with their members and communities. With big corporates positioning themselves in the ‘community’ space, what strategies are mutuals using to connect with, and maintain, their community connections? Topics will include the new community focus of banks and what that means for mutuals.

Speakers include: Therese Turner
Chief Executive Officer, AMP Credit Union Peter Rutter
General Manager Retail, Community CPS Nab (speaker to be advised) Facilitator: Sonia Casanova, Director, Abacus - Australian Mutuals

Market Stream Business Session 1 - Tuesday 19 October

Facilitating funding: Funding challenges remain on the mutual sector’s agenda, with pricing, availability and diversification hot topics. This session will include a discussion on traditional retail and wholesale funding markets, and more innovative strategies being pursued by industry.

Speakers include: Alex Sell
Chief Operating Officer, Australian Securitisation Forum Mike Fenech
Principal Consultant, MF Consulting David Phillips
Chief Executive Officer, Credit Union Central of Canada

Facilitator: Mark Degotardi, Head of Public Affairs, Abacus - Australian Mutuals

Abacus 2010 Regulatory Affairs Conference - Monday 18 October

The Regulatory Affairs Conference provides a dedicated forum to discuss the top regulatory issues for the year ahead as well as an opportunity to hear from those regulators responsible for reforms. Senior representatives from APRA, ASIC, and Treasury will present their authority’s priorities for mutuals for the year ahead.

Speakers: Brandon Khoo
Executive General Manager, Specialised Institutions Division, APRA Miles Larbey
Acting Senior Leader - Deposit Takers and Insurers, ASIC Jim Murphy
Executive Director - Markets Group, Department of Treasury

This year also provides an opportunity to hear from a panel of mutual advocates to hear about domestic and international trends and issues. In Talking Turkey: Global Regulation, Canada, the USA and Australia will present three very different case studies of mutual banking - what are the contemporary issues and common regulatory challenges facing these groups?

Speakers include: David Grace
Vice President, Association Services, WOCCU David Phillips
Chief Executive Officer, Central Credit Union of Canada Louise Petschler
Chief Executive Officer, Abacus - Australian Mutuals