 JAMIE WILLIAMSON | MONDAY, 26 OCT 2020 Announced today, we celebrate the seventh annual FS Power50, highlighting the 50 most influential financial advisers in Australia. Compiling such a list is no mean feat; the four rounds of due diligence conducted on finalists alone is monumental. After ... Read more JAMIE WILLIAMSON | FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019 A lot can happen in four years - just ask UniSuper private client adviser Nicky Dwyer CFP®. In the last four years she has changed jobs, started a family and studied for - and attained - her Certified Financial Planner certification. In her own ... Read more JAMIE WILLIAMSON | WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2019 How am I going to get through 2020? It was the question on everyone's lips at the recent Financial Planning Association of Australia Professionals Congress. We all know the advice landscape is changing but knowing how to respond is a whole other ... Read more JAMIE WILLIAMSON | FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2019 In 1991, Pitcher Partners was the first new accounting and advisory practice to be established in Australia in more than 20 years. Despite the financial turmoil gripping the country at the time, the firm - established by 14 founding partners, including ... Read more JAMIE WILLIAMSON | FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2019 Growing up in rural New South Wales, Jodie Douglas knew early on she wanted to work with animals. Finishing high school, she began studying veterinary nursing. This was the bridge she needed to get into veterinary science, leading to a lengthy, fulfilling ... Read more JAMIE WILLIAMSON | MONDAY, 7 JAN 2019 Commonwealth Bank or the Bank of NSW. Dismissing her 16-year old son's "pipe dream" of becoming a professional golfer, those were the options Peter Nonnenmacher's mother put to him when he left school in the late 1970s. Choosing the Bank of NSW - now ... Read more JAMIE WILLIAMSON | TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2018 Despite years of talking about increasing the reach of advice, it has stagnated at two in 10 Australians and remained in this ball park for some time. In the same vein, the number of women opting for a career in financial advice has also mired around ... Read more JAMIE WILLIAMSON | MONDAY, 1 OCT 2018 Managing director, principal adviser and current national president of the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) Marc Bineham bought Noall & Co in 1997. At the time the business specialised predominantly in risk advice - something that was rather ... Read more JAMIE WILLIAMSON | MONDAY, 1 OCT 2018 Peita Diamantidis, managing director of Caboodle Financial Services, doesn't think of herself as a financial adviser. She is a storyteller; weaving clients' financial situations with their lifestyle goals to formulate a narrative that will see ... Read more JAMIE WILLIAMSON | SUNDAY, 2 SEP 2018 One of few financial advisers who can say they've been in the industry since day one, Deborah Kent has not only witnessed immense change, but also shaped it, dedicating much of her time - particularly after hours - to industry advocacy. Entering ... Read more |
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The Financial Advice Association of Australia (FAAA) has opposed collective charging for "always complex and costly" retirement planning advice and emphasised the need for consumer protection in the provision of super nudges in its submission to Treasury on the Delivering Better Financial Outcomes (DBFO) ...
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On top of running a successful practice, Mazi Wealth founder Deline Jacovides is a fierce advocate for closing the superannuation gender gap and has built a highly popular social media presence that takes financial literacy to the next level. She tells Karren Vergara where her passion comes from and how she integrates it all with family life.
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