Michelle Baltazar Editor-in-Chief & Publisher, Financial Standard Prior to joining Financial Standard, Michelle worked for London-based weekly investment magazine Shares where she wrote a regular column on derivatives and separately, on fund managers. She was also the magazine's resident reporter covering the telecommunication, software services, support services and household goods & textiles sectors. From 1998-2000, Michelle was the Rich 200 researcher at Australia's national business magazine BRW. Michelle graduated from the University of Sydney with a Bachelor of Science degree in Animal Biology and Biochemistry. She has completed a Diploma of Financial Markets from the Securities Institute of Australia (SIA).
MICHELLE BALTAZAR | FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2017 The time is ripe for financial advisers to embrace their role as digital activists - fiduciaries who are early adopters of finance technology. Read more MICHELLE BALTAZAR | FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016 You think credit cards are evil, you get giddy over tax and you love insurance. You are most definitely from another planet. Read more MICHELLE BALTAZAR | THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2016 The word 'disruption' never got a mention at yesterday's FPA Congress but if there was an industry getting disrupted on multiple fronts, financial planning is it. Read more MICHELLE BALTAZAR | THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2016 Words, not just actions, have the power to transform financial advice. Read more MICHELLE BALTAZAR | WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2015 This update is brought to you by the letter G and the numbers 9, 7 and 3. Read more MICHELLE BALTAZAR | FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015 It's not just technology that will give financial advice its mass appeal, more women in leadership roles could go a long way in lifting the industry's public image. Read more PAGE: 1 |
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Passing the baton
LIAM ROCHE
ADVICE ASSOCIATE
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ADVICE ASSOCIATE
EUREKA WHITTAKER MACNAUGHT PTY LTD
Liam Roche's experience in customer relationships and paraplanning has set him up for success as a financial adviser. Now undertaking the Professional Year, the advice associate at Eureka Whittaker Macnaught tells Karren Vergara how a new breed of advisers is flying the flag.