School News
Beta Alpha Psi Massey Chapter: Initiation Ceremony of the Accountancy, Finance and Information Systems Honours Society
18-05-2012
The fifth initiation ceremony of the Accountancy, Finance and Information Systems honours society, Beta Alpha Psi Massey Chapter was held on Tuesday 15 May 2012. Six new candidate members were sworn in and five existing candidate members were given the permanent status of full member.
The initiation ceremony was presided by the president of the chapter Corbin Neale, and in attendance were the faculty advisors Professor Asheq Rahman and Dr Jeff Stangle, senior staff members of the School of Accountancy and members of the chapter. Professor Jill Hooks spoke on behalf of Professor Ted Zorn, PVC, College of Business.
A Report on the Employment of Massey Accountancy Graduates 2012
14-05-2012
The School of Accountancy has published a report on the employment of graduates. To view the report please click here.
The Third Beta Alpha Psi Oceania Regional Meeting
30-04-2012
The Massey Chapter of Beta Alpha Psi hosted the Third Beta Alpha Psi Oceania Regional Meeting on 11-13 April 2012. The Massey Chapter has come a long way in a short span of time. It started its petitioning process in 2009, received approval to start as a petitioning in 2010, was installed as a full chapter in 2011, and in 2012 took the bold step of running this regional meeting. The meeting was attended by over 70 members, speakers, sponsors and guests. The Massey Chapter has made substantial contributions to the Massey community. It runs its own activities, such as mock interview, meet the grads, and guest lectures, and its members participate in university activities such as Orientation, and Accounting and Finance Expo.
The main purpose of Beta Alpha Psi is to encourage professional development alongside scholastic achievements in the business information fields of accountancy, finance and information systems. It also provides students the opportunity to be part of a well-recognised network of chapters spread across several countries.
The theme of this year’s meeting was “student to professional - meeting the challenges.” The first day was Community Day, where participants (students, professionals and professors) planted 800 trees at Long Bay Regional Park. Alana Pellow (ACCA) gave a motivational talk to start-off the day. Sir Peter Blake Marine Education & Recreation Centre (MERC) hosted the day.
The second day was Speakers Day where speakers and representatives from the professions and industry spoke on how students can meet the challenges when transitioning from their studies to the work environment. The main speakers in the meeting were Cherise Barrie (Financial Controller, WNZL Finance, Westpac), Ann Tod (Partner, KPMG) Professor Paul De Lange (RMIT, President-Elect, AFAANZ & VP IAAER), and Frank Olsson (FINSIA). Professors Fawzi Laswad (HOS, Accountancy) and David Ding (AHOS, Economics and Finance), Corbin Neale (President Massey BAP), Blane Ruschak (Executive Director of Recruiting, KPMG, USA, & President-Elect, BAP), Andy Kaestle, (EY, USA, & Alumni Director, BAP), Pearl Rozenberg (Sub Dean, University of Sydney Business School & Director, BAP Oceania), and Asheq Rahman (Faculty Adviser, Massey BAP), also spoke at the meeting. Siobhan Warren (NZICA) convened the “Do’s and don’ts” session of three highly seasoned recruiters from Deloitte, EY and KPMG.
The third day involved two case competitions, where students attempted an investment case or a negotiation case. Kajal (Auckland) and Corbin (Massey) were the winners of the investment case and Salah (Auckland) and Alison (Waikato) won the negotiation case. Rick Jones (CPA Australia) presented the prizes to the winners and runners-up.
The main sponsors of the meeting were ACCA Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (Rep: Alana Pellow), NZICA New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants (Rep: Siobhan Warren) and CPA Australia (Rep: Rick Jones). Beta Alpha Psi HQ officer Hadassah Baum and Margaret Fiorentino, and Prof Ted Zorn (PVC) Grant Travis (Business Manager) and Kathryn Farrow (External Relations Manager) of the College of Business, Massey University, provided both financial and organisational support. The organisers of this meeting were Corbin Neale (Chair), Sean Peng, Melissa Clark, Kirsten Smith, Evans Kurinyepa, Daniel Feller, Imran Ismail, Anuj Desai, and the Faculty Advisors, Asheq Rahman and Jeff Stangl, Natalie Snyders (School of Accountancy), and the staff at Albany Regional Facilities Management.
The regional meeting achieved its goals of connecting the various BAP chapters (Auckland, Massey, Sydney and Waikato) and the students with the professions and industry at both the local and international levels. The regional meeting was a great opportunity for the Beta Alpha Psi Massey Chapter to showcase its international presence and local involvement.
Obituary - Professor Martin Reginald (Reg) Mathews
1940 - 2012
It is with sadness that we received news from Australia about the passing away of Professor Mathews on 8th March 2012. Professor Mathews was one of the School of Accountancy’s founding professors. He made a significant mark on the study and research of many students and colleagues at Massey and many other universities. Many of current Massey College of Business alumni and business associates will remember Professor Mathews for his contribution.
Professor Mathews joined Massey in 1979. He became Professor of Accounting in 1985. In 1989 he was appointed Associate Dean within the Faculty of Business Studies (now College of Business) and subsequently he served as the Director of the Office of Massey Graduate Studies from 1993-1997. In 2001 Professor Mathews left Massey University and joined his family in Australia where he became a Professor in Accounting at Charles Sturt University.
He was one of the thought leaders in environmental accounting and accounting education. Professor Mathews served on editorial boards of a number of international business and academic journals such as Social and Environmental Accounting, Accounting Auditing and Accountability Journal, Accounting Forum and the International Journal of Accounting, to name a few. He collaborated on and wrote a number of books as well as a large number of refereed journal articles, non-refereed journal articles, book reviews and discussion papers.
The international accountancy profession also recognised Professor Mathews’ contribution to services to the profession by awarding him the Institute of Chartered Accountants of New Zealand Fellowship (FCA) as well as Certified Practising Accountants Australia awarded him the CPA Fellowship (FCPA). He was also a CMA. Professor Reg Mathews will be sadly missed.
Awards for the Best PhD Proposals
17-04-2012
The La Trobe University, a multi-campus university in Victoria, Australia organized the 3rd Conference on Financial Markets and Corporate Governance in conjunction with the Queensland University of Technology, Victoria University of Wellington, Macquaire Univesity, Curtin University and the Australian Centre for Financial Studies. The Conference was held on the 11-13 April, 2012 in Melbourne, Australia and was attended by participants from around the world. The PhD symposium was held on the first day of the Conference where students from various universities presented their PhD research proposals. Two of our PhD students Mr. Adnan Ahmad Khattak (supervisors Profs Steve Courtenay and Asheq Rahman) and Mr. Shahwali Khan (supervisors Profs Mike Bradbury and Steve Courtenay) also presented their PhD proposals. Both of them won the “Best Research Proposal Award” in their respective categories out of the five categories of awards. Mr Khattak won in the the category of Corporate Finance and Mr. Khan won in the Funds Management/Risk Management/Quantitative Finance category. Other than an award certificate, the prize also includes AUS$500 cash each. Congratulations to Mr Khattak and Mr Khan.
Mr. Khan also presented a research paper titled "Volatility and Risk-Relevance of Comprehensive Income" at the Conference. Mr Khan’s co-author is Prof Mike Bradbury.
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Accounting and finance research at Massey University is ranked top in New Zealand
02-03-2012
Massey University is ranked top in New Zealand for accounting and finance research over the past two decades in a paper published in the March 2012 edition of the journal Accounting and Finance. The paper – An analysis of the accounting and finance research productivity in Australia and New Zealand in 1991-2010 – was written by academics from the United States, Taiwan and China and shows Massey has published in more high-quality journals than any other New Zealand university and over the past decade is in the top six in Australia and New Zealand combined.
New Book
23-02-2012
Congratulations to Dr Nick Smith, senior lecturer in business law on the Albany campus, on the publication of his new book ‘Basic Equality and Discrimination, Reconciling Theory and Law’.
A successful Massey accountancy graduate profiled
23-02-2012
Melanie Kirk, Massey Accountancy graduate and Vice President Finance at FremantleMedia North America is profiled in NZICA publication ‘with NZICA, accounting can take you anywhere’.
Massey accountancy graduate profiled in CA Journal
07-02-2012
Ahmed Sofe completed the Bachelor of Accountancy at Massey’s Wellington campus and currently works for Ernst & Young. He is profiled in the February 2012 Chartered Accountants Journal.
Professor Bradbury joins IFRS Advisory Council
02-02-2012
Congratulations to Professor Mike Bradbury for his appointment as the International Association for Accounting Education and Research (IAAER) representative on the IFRS Advisory Council.
BAP Massey Chapter releases its annual report
04-01-2012
Beta Alpha Psi Massey’s Chapter had a successful year. Their 2011 Annual Report provides a summary of their activities and achievements.
