 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, 23 JUN 2009 With all the dramas over regulatory reviews, parliamentary inquiries, association politics and their edicts over remuneration and now superannuation "charters", you could be forgiven for forgetting that we are fundamentally an investment industry. Read more |
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