 Jamie Williamson Managing Editor, Rainmaker Information Pty Ltd Jamie has been the editor of Financial Standard since 2019. Prior to that she was a senior journalist on the Financial Standard team and oversaw FS Advice: The Australian Journal of Financial Planning for several years. Prior to journalism, Jamie worked in PR, specialising in financial services and working with industry associations, advice licensees and boutique fund managers. In addition to Financial Standard, Jamie also regularly contributes to Money magazine. She holds a Bachelor of Communications from the University of Newcastle.
JAMIE WILLIAMSON | MONDAY, 26 OCT 2020 Announced today, we celebrate the seventh annual FS Power50, highlighting the 50 most influential financial advisers in Australia. Read more JAMIE WILLIAMSON | FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019 UniSuper private client adviser Nicky Dwyer CFP® is right where she wants to be - it just took her a little longer than she initially anticipated to get there. Read more JAMIE WILLIAMSON | FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2019 In the late 1990s, Sue Dahn marched into a mid-tier accounting practice and did the unthinkable; taking a blank canvas and transforming it into a $5 billion wealth management business. Jamie Williamson writes. Read more JAMIE WILLIAMSON | FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2019 From car yards to camper trailers, Jodie Douglas' journey to successful financial advice practice owner is like no other. Jamie Williamson writes. Read more JAMIE WILLIAMSON | MONDAY, 7 JAN 2019 Celebrating 40 years in any job is a remarkable feat and to still love doing what you do after all those years is all the more impressive. Hillross Macarthur's Peter Nonnenmacher shares with Jamie Williamson his thoughts on the changing world of adv ... Read more JAMIE WILLIAMSON | TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2018 For an industry so intent on progression, little change has been achieved in recent years. The traditional archetype of a financial adviser still exists and - to a large extent - so too does that of the traditional client. Jamie Williamson shares Fox ... Read more JAMIE WILLIAMSON | MONDAY, 1 OCT 2018 Renowned management consultant and author Peter Drucker famously said that "culture eats strategy for breakfast".
He also once said that organisations should "do what you do best and outsource the rest", a philosophy that Noall & Co has embraced wholeheartedly. ... Read more JAMIE WILLIAMSON | MONDAY, 1 OCT 2018 Citing the author behind books turned major Hollywood productions like The Big Short and Moneyball as her biggest inspiration, Caboodle Financial Services co-founder Peita Diamantidis takes a very different approach when providing financial advice. ... Read more JAMIE WILLIAMSON | SUNDAY, 2 SEP 2018 If there's one thing that can be said for Australia's advice industry, it's that change is the only constant. And nobody knows this better than Integra Financial Services director Deborah Kent. Jamie Williamson writes. Read more |
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