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Erskinomics Consulting has aimed to help advance economic and financial development in Asia and Africa and in Australia. Alex Erskine has been its key person, with a strong background in economic and financial sector policy and development projects, most recently on illicit financial flows, with country experience in Tanzania and Vietnam and most other countries in SE Asia. However he is now happily on a career break. 

Alex Erskine – MD & Founder

The new Erskinomics

Erskinomics Consulting  was set up in 1999 to help promote financial and economic development primarily in Asia and Australia. In 2007-2013 its founder, Alex Erskine, was appointed inaugural (and final!)  Chief Economist for the Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC). Erskinomics re-opened in late-2013, and is eager to discuss international and Australian projects, typically in finance or economic policy and always oriented at the betterment of welfare and growth.

Alex has recently worked on projects on illicit financial flows, a complex and important topic: e.g. a Tanzania country study employing innovative approaches, a paper on the deep relationship between corruption and illicit financial flows, and on the SDG Indicator on illicit financial flows. In addition, two papers for the Australian Centre for Financial Studies (ACFS) have been published, one on Australia’s financial regulatory architecture and the other on the RCEP negotiations aiming to overcome barriers to Asia financial integration.

Alex is one of a panel of Financial Sector Development Experts for Pacific Private Sector Development Initiatives of the Asian Development Bank.

Major projects and clients

Recent clients have included UNODC, Bergen-based U4 Anti-Corruption Centre, Bank of Tanzania, Canberra-based Sustineo and Monash University’s Australian Centre for Financial Studies.

Some previous major projects have been for DFAT/AusAID, GTZ, the ADB and the World Bank. These have included financial sector reviews, devising roadmaps for “safer” capital account liberalisation and
 advising on strategies for international integration. They involved work with government agencies in Thailand, Vietnam and Lao PDR, as well as with the ASEAN Secretariat and across in all the member countries of ASEAN.

A masters course in the economics of financial markets was also taught for Macquarie University Applied Finance Centre from 2000 to 2008, including in Beijing, Hong Kong, Melbourne, Singapore, Sydney and
 Tokyo.

Back to the future

In its revitalised form, completed Erskinomics projects include:

The Tanzania country study of illicit financial flows, with Dr Ameth Saloum Ndiaye. Commissioned by Bank of Tanzania and funded by Government of Norway.

A paper on Asian financial sector integration for the Australian Centre for Financial Studies.

Adviser for Sustineo on a DFAT study of private sector engagement of IFIs.

A paper on regulating the Australian financial system for the Australian Centre for Financial Studies.

Research into why few Australian institutional investors seem to allocate funds to Australian agriculture, whereas overseas investors do.

Help for AVCAL with two submissions to Australia’s Financial System Inquiry.

2 APEC Financial Regulators Training Initiative regional seminars, in Fiji and Cambodia, with regulators from a dozen Asia Pacific countries.

Others are ongoing. More are sought!

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