Showing 131 to 140 of 175 articles: STEVE DAVISON | MONDAY, 27 SEP 2010 Steven Davison is national manager for AXA's GROW program and discusses the many issues that can arise when dealing with this area of business. Read more JENNIFER PORTER | MONDAY, 27 SEP 2010 Sydney-based married couple John, 52, and Marie*, 51, decided to seek a financial planner to make the most of their savings and figure out how best to prepare for their retirement. Read more WAI-YEE CHEN | MONDAY, 27 SEP 2010 Wai-Yee Chen, head of derivatives for RBS Morgans' Sydney Asian Desk, discusses in this paper the effect of the global financial crisis on investments. It looks at how the GFC not only affected people's bank accounts, purse strings and nest eggs but ... Read more CHARLES BADENACH | MONDAY, 27 SEP 2010 Peter*, 54, first sought financial advice during a difficult period of his life, after suddenly losing his wife to cancer. During this period of time, he found it difficult handling his financial responsibility while managing his own emotional stress. ... Read more TONY RUMBLE | THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2010 The relevance of financial planners is under increasing scrutiny from investors and regulators. APRA's June 2009 paper Investment performance ranking of superannuation firms questions the value of traditional managed funds and pose important questions ... Read more STEVE KEEN | THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2010 The RBA believes the Australian housing market wouldn't experience catastrophic effects like those of other OECD countries, especially the US. According to their numbers, house prices are no longer overvalued and mortgage repayments are back to ... Read more MARK STORY | THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2010 Confronting entrenched prejudices towards 'all things financial' can be the first step towards adding value as a fee-based financial planner. Read more MARK STORY | THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2010 'Trouble-free' retirement solutions invariably belie the dark art of balancing tax-effectiveness with asset preservation, assurance of income - plus that all-important capital growth. Having endured the ups and downs associated with running their own ... Read more MARK STORY | THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2010 Constantly re-weighting the asset mix according to changing market conditions provides the right tradeoff between performance and risk. Read more |
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Passing the baton
LIAM ROCHE
ADVICE ASSOCIATE
EUREKA WHITTAKER MACNAUGHT PTY LTD
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.