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Some advisers amaze me

Friday 18th of September 2009
Sometimes I am amazed at the advisory industry in New Zealand. Last week I chose to run a piece from Richard James at NZ Funds Management giving his take on the advisory industry, and some quite candid views. My thoughts were that it was a good opinion piece from someone meaningful in the industry. What amazes me is how some in the industry (I can’t use the term profession now) chose to u...
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