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by Christopher Joye

Christopher is the Managing Director of the award-winning research group Rismark International, having established the business in 2003 on the basis of a landmark report he produced on affordable housing for the Prime Minister's Home Ownership Task Force. Rismark has successfully developed and deployed a number of investment products that allow individuals and institutions to efficiently access the risk and return profile of the residential real estate asset-class. In conjunction with Australia’s largest property information company, RP Data Ltd, Rismark produces the RP Data-Rismark Hedonic House Price Indices. The RP Data-Rismark Indices are reported by the RBA in its Statement on Monetary Policy and have recently been selected by the ASX as the basis for its new residential property derivatives market. In 2007 Christopher was selected by The Bulletin magazine as one of Australia's "10 Smartest CEOs" and by BRW Magazine as one of "Australia's Top 10 Innovators". He previously worked with Goldman Sachs and the Reserve Bank of Australia. He has published widely on policy matters relating to housing and financial economics.

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