 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.
CHRISTOPHER PAGE | FRIDAY, 3 MAR 2017 After years of back and forth, the legislation to increase the professional standards of financial advisers has been passed. Read more CHRISTOPHER PAGE | FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2016 The introduction of a $1.6 million superannuation transfer balance cap was one of the biggest changes handed down in the 2016 federal budget. Read more CHRISTOPHER PAGE | THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016 If the recent scandal at CommInsure has taught us anything, it's the value of having a financial adviser at claim time. Read more CHRISTOPHER PAGE | FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016 2015 wasn't the easiest year for investment platforms. Read more CHRISTOPHER PAGE | FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015 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. Read more CHRISTOPHER PAGE | FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015 One of the biggest themes to come out of the Murray inquiry is the idea of redefining the value proposition of financial advice. Read more CHRISTOPHER PAGE | FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015 If you've been reading Financial Standard recently - and I hope you have - you may have noticed a particular trend. Read more CHRISTOPHER PAGE | WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2015 Three months on and it's finally happened. Read more CHRISTOPHER PAGE | TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2015 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 least until Parliament's Spring sitting. Read more CHRISTOPHER PAGE | WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2015 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 2013 "The Future of Employment" report, which ... Read more |
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