 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, 27 MAR 2015 Is insurance broken? By now you will probably have an opinion about the Trowbridge Report released last week and it is also very likely that you have asked yourself the question above. Read more CHRISTOPHER PAGE | FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014 I am surprised. More than that, I am astonished, shocked. Last week I was left speechless by the address that the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) chairman Greg Medcraft gave at the National Press Club in Canberra. Read more CHRISTOPHER PAGE | THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2014 David Murray's Financial System Inquiry (FSI) is due to report in a few days and rumours and speculation on what it will recommend are already making the headlines. Read more CHRISTOPHER PAGE | FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014 The Australian financial services industry and Australia's financial advisers already have regulator dedicated to policing standards: the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Read more CHRISTOPHER PAGE | WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2014 Ever since the first draft of the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) legislation came out, the advice sector has been trapped in a very big, very confusing catch-22. Read more CHRISTOPHER PAGE | TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2014 The growth of the number and volume of self-managed super funds (SMSFs) seems to have no end. As the sector reaches the one million individual funds milestone, it seems imperative that we stop for a few seconds to look at the past, present and future ... Read more CHRISTOPHER PAGE | THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2014 Emotions are running high among financial advisers and it's not surprising. Over the past year, but especially over the last few weeks, financial planning has been in the eye of the storm. I struggle to come up with a period of time in the past where ... Read more CHRISTOPHER PAGE | TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2014 Finding new clients, taking care of the ones that you have and engaging on social media are some of the main ingredients in any adviser's recipe to business success. However, research has found that there may also be opportunity laying elsewhere. Read more CHRISTOPHER PAGE | TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014 Financial advice is proving more important than ever at a time when Australia faces harsher economic conditions and irreversible changes on tax and social security benefits. Read more CHRISTOPHER PAGE | WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2014 The advice profession has not been an easy one to be in, not since the start of the global financial crisis. For years advisers had to face the challenge of delivering returns for their clients in a difficult economic environment. Read more |
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Former financial adviser Abdullah Popal has been charged with alleged fraud offences in Sydney's north-west, accused of hoodwinking five individuals out of over $160,000 from their self-managed super funds (SMSFs).
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The FAAA has voiced concerns over the Labor government's proposed superannuation tax, saying if they are negotiating with the Greens, a reduction in the cap to $2 million would be problematic.
FAAA calls for stronger consumer protections in advice reforms
The Financial Advice Association of Australia (FAAA) has opposed collective charging for "always complex and costly" retirement planning advice and emphasised the need for consumer protection in the provision of super nudges in its submission to Treasury on the Delivering Better Financial Outcomes (DBFO) ...
Adviser numbers jump in March quarter: Rainmaker
The March quarter saw the highest number of financial advisers join the sector in the last seven years to reach 15,982, according to Rainmaker Information.
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On top of running a successful practice, Mazi Wealth founder Deline Jacovides is a fierce advocate for closing the superannuation gender gap and has built a highly popular social media presence that takes financial literacy to the next level. She tells Karren Vergara where her passion comes from and how she integrates it all with family life.
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