Dr Stephen Kirchner joined Australian Financial Markets Association (AFMA) in September 2014 and provides economic research and analysis on issues affecting financial markets for incorporation into AFMA’s policy and advocacy work, including regulation, competition and taxation policy. Previously, Stephen has worked in think-tanks, academia, federal politics and financial markets. He was Director of economic research with Standard & Poor’s Institutional Market Services based in Sydney and Singapore. Stephen has published in leading academic journals, including Public Choice and the Australian Economic Review. He has a PhD
in economics from the University of New South Wales.