 Christopher Page Managing Director, Rainmaker Information Pty Ltd Christopher Page is the founder, managing director and group publisher of the Rainmaker Group of companies. At Rainmaker Group, he leads business development, product innovation, strategic planning and customer relationship management. Prior to forming Rainmaker Group, Page held a wide range of senior management roles with investment managers.
CHRISTOPHER PAGE | WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013 The latest World Wealth Report (compiled by Capgemini and RBC Wealth Management and published last month) tells us that Australia is growing its millionaire population faster than most other countries in the world. Read more CHRISTOPHER PAGE | TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2013 In 10 years time the world will look as different to what it does now as it did 10 years ago. Read more CHRISTOPHER PAGE | WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2013 There is always a lot of chitchat round the water cooler when Forbes publishes its billionaires' list. Read more CHRISTOPHER PAGE | FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013 The headline looked more like it came out of the fictional newspaper 'Daily Planet' rather than from Time magazine: "China to Flatten 700 Mountains to Build a City". Read more CHRISTOPHER PAGE | FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012 This year marks the 20th year that Farida Khambata, a former top executive at the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and now a fund manager, coined the term 'frontier markets'. Read more CHRISTOPHER PAGE | MONDAY, 15 OCT 2012 Too many Australian investors are so ignorant about China that if a fund manager can spell the word, that counts as being an Asian investments expert. Read more CHRISTOPHER PAGE | WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2012 Last weekend I came across a fascinating two-hour documentary on the Rockefeller family tracing their origins, the beginning of the US oil industry and the birth of modern philanthropy. Read more CHRISTOPHER PAGE | WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012 Recent statements by the Inspector General of Taxation reinforce views that the government continues to be confused about how to target tax evasion among Australia's wealthiest people. Read more CHRISTOPHER PAGE | MONDAY, 23 JUL 2012 Are Australian investors ready to mix profit with charity? Read more CHRISTOPHER PAGE | WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012 Amid volatile markets and the search for tangible value, collecting 'treasure' may seem less like a childhood fantasy and more like a sensible investment decision. Read more |
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