John Dyall Head of Investment Research, Rainmaker Information Pty Ltd Head of Investment Research, Rainmaker Information Pty Ltd
JOHN DYALL | MONDAY, 8 MAR 2021 If you are anything like me, thinking about Bitcoin for any length of time can make your head spin. Read more JOHN DYALL | FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2021 At the end of 2020 there was a collective sigh of relief that 2020 was over. For good. Forever. Read more JOHN DYALL | TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2020 There's something in the air tonight and for once it's not COVID-19. Read more JOHN DYALL | SATURDAY, 14 NOV 2020 Anyone who is a close reader of these columns knows what a sucker/well-informed expert I am for a fresh way of analysing fund performance. Read more JOHN DYALL | WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2020 For the longest time financial advisers have used a concept called "Risk Profiling" to build portfolios for their clients. Read more JOHN DYALL | THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2020 There's a joke that has one fish swimming past another fish and asking: How's the water? The other fish replies: What the hell is water? Read more JOHN DYALL | FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2019 When I was younger I used to enjoy a good argument, or at least what I thought passed for one. Read more JOHN DYALL | FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2019 No-one in their right mind would invest purely in a single asset class. Most people are invested in what is called a "balanced" portfolio that contains 60-70% of their assets in equities. Read more JOHN DYALL | THURSDAY, 18 APR 2019 One of the key ingredients to reality television is kicking out characters at the end of each episode. It's a fast-track way for the program to renew itself on a weekly basis. Read more JOHN DYALL | TUESDAY, 9 APR 2019 The SPIVA scorecard on active funds in the US is out, courtesy of S&P Dow Jones Indices. Unless you are an index manager, it's not pretty. 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.