Don't sell the farm: the risk hiding in most farming wills
An equal-split will can force a farming family to sell the property just to pay departing children. Troy Armstrong explains why farm succession planning, done years ahead, keeps both the farm and the family whole.
Warsh wants clean signals. The bond market had other ideas.
Franklin Templeton's Richard Rauch says inflation is structurally stickier than the pre-COVID period, and the bond market appears to agree. Within hours of the...
Volatility is opening doors in Australian micro cap stocks
Ellerston's Jack Briggs says Australian micro cap stocks in infrastructure, industrials, and healthcare are best placed to navigate persistent inflation, with...
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New Australian feeder fund arrives with 190 companies already in the portfolio
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How growth turns Code of Ethics gaps into liability
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Putting portfolio construction to the test at the INZ Investment Leaders Forum in Queenstown
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Private credit: the returns are real, the due diligence is everything
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What AI spending means for fixed income investors
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What a big bank teaches you about being a better adviser
Alex Thompson left a career in institutional banking to advise private clients at Viola Private Wealth, and found that the discipline forged in markets...
Why emerging markets demand a contrarian, selective mindset
Emerging markets remain one of the world's largest opportunity sets. So why are investors still overlooking them today?
When life changes, advice relationships matter most
White Rabbit Advisory's Nicola Beswick argues that knowing clients at a human level is not a soft skill. It is the most operationally important thing an...
Jennifer Goldsworthy's vision for advice is unmistakably her own
Jennifer Goldsworthy stumbled into financial planning on a deal with her father at 17. Two decades on, she owns the financial planning business and has rebuilt...
Why lasting wealth is a habit, not a strategy
Catherine Ye trained to be an accountant before advice found her. More than a decade on, she runs Bluepond Financial Planning on a simple conviction: that...
Why fixed income and cash lose their defensive edge in FY27
Datt Capital's Emanuel Datt outlines a stagflation investment strategy for FY27, arguing that elevated inflation, rising unemployment and slowing growth reward...
Where jurisdictional risk becomes an energy advantage
Datt Capital's Emanuel Datt sees supply risks building and jurisdictional concerns creating a specific opportunity for investors who know where to look
Small caps, not the banks, drove active managers' quarter gains
Small caps, not the big banks, delivered the standout returns for active Australian equity managers this quarter. Third Link's numbers show where the...
CPA Australia's case for a better start-up CGT concession
CPA Australia supports Treasury's proposed capital gains tax concession for start-up investors but warns design flaws will leave investors, employees and...
Why most inherited wealth does not survive the second generation
The research is clear: most Australian family wealth transfer fails not because of bad markets, but because of poor governance and a lack of preparation. Here...
Military precision, human judgement and AI at scale
How Dexter Koh is bringing the discipline of military planning to an integrated model of advice, education and continuous wealth intelligence.
Can compliance culture survive when the rules never stop multiplying?
Regulation keeps growing, but a strong compliance culture does not have to crush morale or drain the people delivering advice. Here's how firms protect...
When does financial advice get its own chief AI officer?
Two in three Australian organisations expect to appoint a chief AI officer by 2027. For most advice practices, that corporate curve barely applies. Here is who...
Global markets can endure more shocks than feared, but not without limits
Amundi's global investment outlook for mid-2026 warns of fragile de-escalation, volatile inflation and growing concentration risks, calling for selective...
SpaceX broke every IPO record except the one that matters for index funds
Franklin Templeton says AI mega IPOs will ease S&P 500 concentration and force AI companies to show real numbers. The evidence says the diversification benefit...
Franklin Templeton's mid-year case for a broader bull market
Despite war, tariffs and surging energy prices, economies and markets have held up. Franklin Templeton's mid-year outlook argues unexpected resilience is...
Filling the defensive income gap | INSight #493 with David Dix from Thinktank
With hybrids exiting and the 60/40 portfolio under pressure, Thinktank’s David Dix explains how advisers can rebuild the defensive income certainty...
Value traps and income conviction with Andrew Hamilton from Antares Capital
Australian investors tend to underestimate the role dividends play in long-term returns. Antares Capital’s Andrew Hamilton has spent more than two...
The illusion of diversification with Alison Savas from Orbis Investments
Many investors believe exposure to several managers makes them diversified. Orbis Investments’ Alison Savas argues the reality is less comfortable. In...
Private markets, real assets and AI: inside the Alternatives Symposium
Twelve strategies, one shared problem: how advisers bring private markets into client portfolios without losing rigour. Inside two days at the Alternatives...
Simon Glazier on what credit spreads and client retention have in common
Fidelity International’s Australian managing director Simon Glazier reads markets as permanently in transition, which is why the indicators he trusts all...
The one question everyone forgot to ask
AustralianSuper has registered a new advice entity, but the word superannuation advice is doing a lot of work. Here is why the industry's retirement push looks...
CSL and HUB shares: 2 ASX shares to watch
The CSL Ltd (ASX:CSL) share price is down 0.4% since the start of 2025. It's probably worth asking, 'is the CSL share price cheap?'