Juncture: Dialogues on Inclusive Capitalism is a University of Auckland Business School Research Centre exploring how capitalism can better serve people and planet. Through research, education, and collaboration, we create opportunities for meaningful dialogues on complex challenging issues to enable long-term transformation.

Juncture is launching a Dialogue Event Series that brings together Business School faculty and industry and government experts in a panel event to open a dialogue on some of New Zealand and the world’s biggest challenges.

Join us on Thursday 22 May, 5.30 – 7.30pm for our first event in the series “Trust in Finance and the Rise of Fintech”.

The question “How can Finance be harnessed for good?” is fundamental to the mission of Juncture: Dialogues on Inclusive Capitalism. Well-managed markets can be powerful drivers of prosperity. Finance can allow firms to hire, invest, and expand, driving growth. They also facilitate risk sharing – by transferring risk to those most able to bear them, people can insure against the unexpected. But when left unattended, finance is open to abuse and excess. The pull of the crowd and the market often overwhelms the integrity of the individual – ultimately to the cost of society. Finance can take for granted the social capital necessary to function. Fintech exaggerates these tendencies yet further – promise and potential abuse sit side by side.

Event details:

Date: Thursday 22 May 2025

Time: 5.30 – 6.00pm Networking

6.00 – 7.30pm Panel event, followed by a Q&A.

Venue: Sir Owen G Glenn Building, Level 3, Decima Glenn,12 Grafton Road, Auckland CBD

Drinks and fingerfood will be served. For catering purposes, please register by Monday 12 May.

Event panellists:

Professor Raghavendra Rau

Professor Rau is the Sir Evelyn de Rothschild Professor of Finance at Cambridge Judge Business School. He also holds the Gresham Chair in Business at Gresham College and the Ambank Chair of Financial Services at the Universiti of Malaya.

He is the incoming President of the Financial Management Association, a past president of the European Finance Association, past Vice-President of the Financial Management Association, and a past editor of Financial Management.

He is a founder and director of the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF) and a member of the Cambridge Corporate Governance Network (CCGN). He also serves on the editorial boards of several journals including the Journal of Corporate Finance, and the Journal of Banking and Finance, among others.

Chanelle Duley

Chanelle Duley is a lecturer in the Department of Economics at the University of Auckland Business School. Her research focuses on international and financial economics, with interests in globalisation and digital finance. Dr. Duley's work has been published in leading journals, including the Journal of Political Economy: Microeconomics, where she co-authored a study on the economic and social complexities of migration policies. She is actively involved in teaching and mentoring, contributing to the academic community through her research and professional activities. Dr. Duley has collaborated with central banks in New Zealand, Canada, Germany and the Bank for International Settlements on policy issues relating to cybersecurity, cryptocurrencies and central bank digital currency (CBDC).

Becki Butler

Becki is the Co-CEO of Tax Traders and is known for her commitment to seeing business embrace regenerative capitalism to solve the complex problems that the world faces, intersecting positive social impact with competitive advantage, and higher market capitalisation. Becki has studied Profit and Purpose: Creating Shared Value by Michael E. Porter and Mark R Kramer at Harvard Business School. In 2022, Becki was made a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing.

Decio Nascimento

Decio Nascimento is the Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Norbury Partners, an investment firm that integrates fundamental discretionary macro and sustainability analysis into its decision-making process. In addition to his role at Norbury, Decio serves as Chief Intelligence Officer at 6DI.

Previously, he was a co-founder and Chief Investment Officer at Richmond Global Compass, where he designed one of the first multi-asset investment strategies to incorporate material sustainability factors into a highly analytical framework.

He holds an MBA from Yale School of Management, where he is a guest lecturer on Integrating Sustainability into Asset Pricing and Portfolio Management. He serves as a board member at the Norbury Foundation and Ample and is also a member of the Forbes Finance Council, the Milken Institute Young Leaders Circle, and the NationSwell Council.

Christopher Swasbrook

Christopher Swasbrook is the Founder and Director of Elevation Capital and Co-Founder and Director of NZX-listed New Zealand Rural Land Company. He is also Chair of the Auckland Future Fund and Executive Chair of McCashin’s Brewery Limited. Previously, he was Chair of NZX-listed Allied Farmers, Director of NZX-listed Mowbray Collectables, Director of NZX-listed Satara Co-Operative Group, and Director of Ruapehu Alpine Lifts.

Early in his financial markets career, Mr Swasbrook became a Foundation Broker of the New Zealand Exchange (NZX) after having been a Full Member of the New Zealand Stock Exchange (NZSE). He became Partner and Co-Head of Institutional Equities at Goldman Sachs JBWere (NZ) in 2003.Mr Swasbrook is currently a Board Member of the Financial Markets Authority (FMA), having previously served as a Member of the NZX Listing Subco mmittee (2008-2023) and a Member of the New Zealand Markets Disciplinary Tribunal (2013-2023).

Event facilitator

Dr. Drew Franklin is a Senior Lecturer in Marketing and Associate Dean of External Engagement at the University of Auckland Business School. Drew also serves as Associate Director Strategic Engagement for Juncture: Dialogues on Inclusive Capitalism. Drew’s research centres on marketing relationship dynamics, particularly trust, and the impact of emergent technologies on business and marketing practices. Prior to his academic career, Drew enjoyed 12 years of global experience in sales, marketing, and business development across North America, Western Europe, and developed Asian markets.

If you would like more information about this event, please email m.freeman@auckland.ac.nz

We hope that you can join us.

Professor Susan Watson
Director, Juncture: Dialogues on Inclusive Capitalism

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Juncture Dialogue Event: Trust in Finance and the Rise of Fintech