Dr Lester Wills Dr Lester Wills' thesis was in the area of personal financial preparation for retirement and has presented material from his research at international conferences. He has also submitted papers for publication in a number of leading international journals and has had papers published by the Pensions Institute in London. Dr Wills has experience in a number of fields, having started his professional life as a science teacher, a career that provided invaluable experience in effectively communicating with an audience. He then completed a degree in psychology and went on to do an MBA, majoring in economics and marketing. He spent a number of years working on dealing desks as an investment manager in Europe and Australia, managing equity and fixed interest portfolios and a range of derivatives. He then worked as a general marketer, gaining experience in marketing and product development in both wholesale and retail environments.
LESTER WILLS | THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2010 For many Australians, retirement planning is a distant thought. According to Dr Lester Wills, many studies have already shown that a majority of us are not planning for retirement properly. In his paper, he outlines the attitude most people have about ... Read more LESTER WILLS | FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2009 Lester Wills discusses research originally written by James Montier. Montier has developed a list of 10 perilous errors people make when investing. Wills says that when you consider Montier's list, they seem pretty obvious. "Too many things that are ... Read more LESTER WILLS | TUESDAY, 1 JAN 2008 In this article Dr Lester Wills reviews work by two US-based academics, Robert Arnott and Anne Casscells. Lester considers the Arnott and Cassells' proposition that a stable dependency ratio rather than a stable retirement age is the only way a ... Read more PAGE: 1 |
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