Deborah Ralston

Professorial Fellow, Banking and Finance Deborah.ralston@monash.edu

Biography

Deborah has taught in the areas of economics, corporate finance, credit risk management, financial statement analysis and financial institutions management. She has published in a range of journals including the Journal of Banking and Finance, the Journal of International Financial Markets Institutions and Money, the Economic Record and is a co-author of the text Financial Institutions Management.

articles

Australian currency bills in a bird's nest, signifying superannuation savings

Decades after the advent of compulsory super, the government is about to decide what it’s for

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has used words with specific meanings in the objective he intends to legislate, among them “preserve”, “dignified”, “equitable” and “sustainable”.

Featured

Picture of houses and a garden Photo by rudolf Geiger/Shutterstock.

Home ownership and super are far more entwined than you might think

Superannuation helps fund homeownership, and homeownership helps retirees get the pension.

Business and economy

Bringing the banks into line

Financial services royal commissioner Kenneth Hayne is arguing for less and clearer law, and tougher corporate cops.

Business and economy