 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 | TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2014 The Future of Financial Advice legislation has had the interesting, but increasingly frustrating virtue of resurfacing each time we all think that the debate is over. As a result some of you may be wondering when we can all go back to business as us ... Read more CHRISTOPHER PAGE | TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2014 Australia is getting older. As many as 366 people turned 75 every day during 2013, according to the Productivity Commission inquiry on aged care. In 2023, the number is expected to increase to 595 per day. Read more CHRISTOPHER PAGE | WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2013 The pendulum is swinging again in the financial planning space. After months of concentrating around the big institutions, advisers are starting to go back to boutique AFSLs and smaller independent dealer groups. Read more CHRISTOPHER PAGE | WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2013 The momentum behind scaled advice is gathering pace. In the age of 'Do-It-Yourself' investing, the public expects to have the choice to select advice on a single issue rather than comprehensive advice. Read more CHRISTOPHER PAGE | TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2013 Australians have elected a new government. One that looks to rewrite some of the key regulations within the financial services and one that is expected to bring some sanity and coherence to this industry. Read more CHRISTOPHER PAGE | TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2013 As the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) regulation becomes business as usual for financial advisers, it seems even more pertinent that to operate in this post-FoFA world an adviser needs to know the technicalities of the new legislation inside out. ... Read more CHRISTOPHER PAGE | WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2013 While it may have felt like somewhat of an arduous journey, the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) regulation is now a reality. Read more CHRISTOPHER PAGE | TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2013 The concern around the proposed amendment to include financial planners in the Tax Agent Services Act (TASA) 2009 was palpable last week. Industry bodies were so serious, that some major representatives took a trip to our nation's capital to plead their ... Read more CHRISTOPHER PAGE | WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013 In 10 years time the world will look as different to what it does now as it did 10 years ago as back in June 2003 the world looked a fairly bleak place. Read more CHRISTOPHER PAGE | WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013 Last month ABC's 4 Corners ran a story exposing managed investment schemes and it reminded us yet again how complex is the question of how much regulation is enough to protect all vulnerable investors. Read more |
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