Macquarie University's Applied Finance Centre becomes the fourth institution of higher learning in Asia to partner with CAIA, and the 17th overall since the launch of the academic partnership program in mid-2010, said Joanne Murphy, CAIA's Hong Kong-based managing director, Asia Pacific and EMEA, in a recent interview. Macquarie joins SMU, NUS and Tokyo-based Waseda University as CAIA partners in Asia.