From periodic tables to risk analysis: A young adviser's career path

CFP Nathan Bater speaks to PA

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Nathan Bater has transformed from conducting experiments in a science lab to advising investors entering retirement – and he says the two aren’t as dissimilar as people might think.

Bater, 29, is a Chartered financial planner with Cardiff IFA Bartholomew Hawkins where he started as a paraplanner in January 2016. He took an unexpected path to the advice, switching into the field after completing a degree in chemistry. "When I graduated… I got offered a few jobs, one as a chemical engineer, another as a trainee pension trustee for a local firm, and in that job I had a lot of interaction with advisers. I like the fact that advisers say what you should and shouldn't do what's best rather than what you can and can't do," he says. While his reliance on the periodic tab...

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