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Christopher Page
Managing Director, Financial Standard

Christopher Page is the founder, managing director and group publisher of the Rainmaker Group of companies.

At Rainmaker Group, he leads business development, product innovation, strategic planning and customer relationship management.

Prior to forming Rainmaker Group, Page held a wide range of senior management roles with investment managers.

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A new era
After years of back and forth, the legislation to increase the professional standards of financial advisers has been passed. The new professional standards regime will commence on 1 January 2019. All ...
The super threshold - what it means and what it doesn't
The introduction of a $1.6 million superannuation transfer balance cap was one of the biggest changes handed down in the 2016 federal budget. Now that the dust has settled it's time to consider what the ...
Advice at claim time
If the recent scandal at CommInsure has taught us anything, it's the value of having a financial adviser at claim time. That may not seem like the case at the moment given that advisers have become targets ...
What do you want from your platform?
2015 wasn't the easiest year for investment platforms. According to Plan for Life research, platform flows more or less stagnated during the first six months, with inflows barely exceeding outflows (resulting ...
'Tis the Season
Parliament's decision on November 24 must have allayed any fears that advisers were going to get a proverbial lump of coal under the Christmas tree. Specifically, the decision to repeal key Future of ...
Beyond product
One of the biggest themes to come out of the Murray inquiry is the idea of redefining the value proposition of financial advice. We keep hearing from the regulator that financial planning needs to be ...
The adviser exodus?
If you've been reading Financial Standard recently - and I hope you have - you may have noticed a particular trend. Specifically, a number of advice practices are shifting away from large, institutionally-aligned ...
The remuneration revolution
Three months on and it's finally happened. After Association of Financial Advisers chief executive Brad Fox told the audience at the Financial Services Council's 2015 Life Insurance Conference that he ...
Tying the knot
When Bill Shorten introduced his same-sex marriage bill to a near-empty Parliament chamber on June 1, it was clear his "opportunity of a generation" was probably going to be missed - well, at ...
Rise of the machines?
One of the biggest problems with so-called "robo-advice" is that no one agrees on what the term actually means. Uncertainty lends itself to suspicion, and this isn't helped by research like Oxford Martin's ...
Latest News
Easton to acquire $1.7bn advice group
ALEX BURKE
Listed wealth firm Easton Investments is in talks to acquire a financial planning network with $1.7 billion in funds under advice.
Brisbane adviser receives top planning award
JAMIE WILLIAMSON
The top performing student in the final unit of the Financial Planning Association of Australia's CFP program was awarded the Gwen Fletcher Memorial Award for her ongoing commitment to providing quality financial advice.
Lonsec grows retirement panel membership
KARREN VERGARA
Challenger is the latest to join Lonsec's thought leadership panel aiming to provide financial planners insights and solutions when it comes to advising clients on retirement.
Location, location, location: the key to retirement
JAMIE WILLIAMSON
The Apple Isle is calling for those wanting to make the most of their retirement, according to the latest insight from Milliman.
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3 MAY 2017
Diversifying risk by investing across a wide range of income sources is often a successful formula across volatile market conditions. The Aviva Investors Multi-Strategy (AIMS) Target Income Fund focuses ...
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Align Financial's Darren Johns is no stranger to doing things differently. Here, the 2016 AFA Adviser of the Year talks to Jamie Williamson about how straying from the norm and exploring the spiritual side of money helped him succeed.
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