Town and Gown 2007

The Graduate School of Business (GSB) held its annual Town and Gown function at the Novotel Northbeach on Wednesday, 21 November.

This year’s invited speaker was Christopher Page, the Managing Director and Group Publisher of the Rainmaker Group. Rainmaker is a leading financial services multimedia firm which delivers strategic, tactical and analytical information to the financial services sector. Rainmaker also publishes a number of specialised journals including the Financial Standard, the Australian Journal of Financial Planning and the Journal of Superannuation Management.

Christopher’s address was titled “The Rise and Rise of the Australian Wealth Management Industry”. Drawing upon Rainmaker's proprietary research, Christopher outlined long range projections for the growth of superannuation funds and related financial services businesses such as financial planning. Importantly, this research showed that the size of household investments in superannuation was likely to challenge the traditional domination of the banks in Australia's financial system.

The address was well received by attendees from local business, the Illawarra Business Chamber, staff and students of the GSB and the University community.