When I’m asked to say something about myself that other people don’t know, I often say: “My brother, Andrew, is in the Aria (rock & roll) Hall of Fame.” It always blows them away, because they think I’m so conservative and they remember my brother for his...
Jeremy Duffield
Jeremy Duffield is a senior player in the Australian and international financial services sectors, having served as a senior executive with leading global funds manager The Vanguard Group USA from 1980 to 2010.
He founded Vanguard’s operations in Australia and Asia, and led them from 1996 to 2010. Jeremy is Chairman of the Australian Centre for Financial Studies and is a non-executive director of MLC, National Wealth Management and Plum Financial Services. He is a member of the Federal Government’s Australian Centre Financial Task Force and was previously a member of the Financial Sector Advisory Council and the Financial Literacy Foundation. He was also Deputy Chair of the Financial Services Council.
What I learnt from my mother about retirement
My mother Anne got me started in investing by buying me 100 shares of some long-forgotten mining company when I was 14 in the late ‘60s. Never made any money out of it but I did learn how to read the share pages. I probably learnt more by watching her...