The client fileBY JAMES DICKSON | FRIDAY, 26 APR 2024 8:17AM Something that should be relatively unambiguous is often the source of plenty of debate when licensees are looking at historical matters and responding to requests for "Client Files".
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Passing the baton
LIAM ROCHE
ADVICE ASSOCIATE
EUREKA WHITTAKER MACNAUGHT PTY LTD
ADVICE ASSOCIATE
EUREKA WHITTAKER MACNAUGHT PTY LTD
Liam Roche's experience in customer relationships and paraplanning has set him up for success as a financial adviser. Now undertaking the Professional Year, the advice associate at Eureka Whittaker Macnaught tells Karren Vergara how a new breed of advisers is flying the flag.
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