Ten managers, one verdict on ASX20 concentration
Ten active Australian equity managers agree: ASX20 concentration is distorting prices at the top of the market and widening the gap between index heavyweights and everything below. For FY27, the opportunity sits in that gap.
Real yields are back, and the inflation hedge has to change
Atchison's Mishan Dahia says advisers hedging inflation through resources alone hold a concentrated bet on Chinese demand, and that three legs of protection...
Why client segmentation breaks, and how to build one that lasts
Most client segmentation models fall apart within eighteen months. Four practice scenarios show why revenue-based sorting fails, how cost-to-serve pricing...
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“Talk to my adviser”: the statement that changed everything for this adviser
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FinCap brings in a treasury specialist to back its private markets liquidity promise
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Space as infrastructure? The AI trade advisers keep getting half right
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Outsource, automate or keep human: the three-way sort every advice practice needs to run
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Don't sell the farm: the risk hiding in most farming wills
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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...
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...
Private credit: the returns are real, the due diligence is everything
Craig Brooke of KeyInvest Managed Investments says private credit can be one of the most interesting places to invest, but only after you have pulled apart the...
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...
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.
How growth turns Code of Ethics gaps into liability
The financial adviser Code of Ethics gaps that stay hidden at a small scale turn into live risks the moment a practice hires its next adviser, acquires a...
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...
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...
New Australian feeder fund arrives with 190 companies already in the portfolio
Continental Funds Group has launched an Australian feeder fund giving wholesale investors access to Warburg Pincus, a growth-focused manager with a 190-company...
What AI spending means for fixed income investors
Fixed interest is in its strongest position in years. But Richard Quin of Bentham Asset Management warns the AI risk in credit markets is building fast, and...
Digging into private credit: INSight #495 with Lauren Ryan from Thinktank
Thinktank ‘s Lauren Ryan outlines the key questions advisers should ask when evaluating a private credit investment, covering income stream sources, fund...
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...
Putting portfolio construction to the test at the INZ Investment Leaders Forum in Queenstown
Advisers and investment specialists from both sides of the Tasman spent two days at the Investment Leaders Forum in Queenstown, working through active...
Asia’s crowded AI trade, and the unloved value turning behind it
Asian equities have rewarded both AI momentum and contrarian patience over the past year. For Australian allocators, the question now is which side of that...
What the new ‘advice’ rules mean for you
The superannuation advice reforms answer a real problem, but who benefits most is worth watching. Here is how to separate the genuine consumer protections from...
A deep dive into FLT shares
Is the Flight Centre Travel Group Ltd (ASX:FLT) share price undervalued? Here are 3 reasons you might want to consider FLT shares.