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A promising year
STEPHEN PERERA
MANAGING DIRECTOR
PERERA CROWTHER FINANCIAL SERVICES PTY LTD
MANAGING DIRECTOR
PERERA CROWTHER FINANCIAL SERVICES PTY LTD
The advice industry is poised to turn the corner in 2022. Leading a major association and his own practice, Perera Crowther Financial Services founder Sam Perera is confident advisers will finally have their watershed moment. Karren Vergara writes.