Showing 21 to 30 of 41 articles: TOM REDDACLIFF | FRIDAY, 12 APR 2019 The original version of this paper was written in August 2018 - however, we cannot ignore the potential implications of the Hayne Royal Commission Final Report (RC report). As such, we have updated our paper to include new content reflecting the likely ... Read more NICOLE MCMILLAN | FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2018 Financial advisers have been knowingly charging fees to customers who died up to a decade ago. Bank employees accepted cash bribes to falsify proof of employment documents in loan applications. Banks have entirely inadequate processes in place to verify ... Read more STEPHEN ROMIC | FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2018 The Royal Commission has the financial services industry on edge. Both large institutions and small are sitting up and paying attention as they have never before. Big changes are afoot; probably the biggest ever. Industry opinion is calling for a ban ... Read more DANIEL BUTLER , CHRISTIAN PAKPAHAN | THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2018 We outline below the key superannuation changes announced in the Federal Budget 2018 on 8 May 2018. Some of the proposed changes will have a substantial impact on SMSFs if they are finalised as law. Read more DAMIEN WOOD | FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018 Interest only mortgages boomed in the U.S. in the 1920s. What followed was the Great Depression. They re-emerged Stateside in the early 2000s. What followed was the GFC and the Great Recession. In Australia interest only loans account for around 35% ... Read more ABRAHAM TEO | FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2017 1. Introduction Read more JOHN PRICE | TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2015 I've been at ASIC since around the time when financial institutions - including credit unions, building societies and friendly societies - transferred from the previous state supervisory regimes to Commonwealth regulation and supervision. Read more DAVID HEATHER | TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2015 It wasn't that long ago that financial services was all about specialisation. Read more DARREN STEVENS | TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2015 In this paper we outline current global trends in wealth management platforms and identify key future social and technology trends that are going to radically transform the industry over the next five to 10 years. Are the business plans, models and ... Read more |
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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.