“Talk to my adviser”: the statement that changed everything for this adviser
Capital Conversations sits down with Escala Partners founding partner Scott Carmichael, whose 30-year career advising ultra-high net worth families began with a single conversation that changed the direction of his entire career
FinCap brings in a treasury specialist to back its private markets liquidity promise
FinCap has appointed Akbar Shah as head of treasury and operations to underpin its private markets managed accounts platform, as competition grows to package...
Space as infrastructure? The AI trade advisers keep getting half right
AI infrastructure investment is emerging as the more durable side of the AI trade. Franklin Templeton's Matthew Cioppa argues the real opportunity has shifted...
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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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Warsh wants clean signals. The bond market had other ideas.
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Volatility is opening doors in Australian micro cap stocks
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New Australian feeder fund arrives with 190 companies already in the portfolio
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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...
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...
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
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...
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...
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...
The conservative case for resilient yield | INDepth with Jonathon Pullin from Barwon Investment Partners
Barwon’s Jonathan Pullin on ASIC’s REP 820 findings, avoiding construction loan risk and why the federal budget favours real estate credit lenders...
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...
Trend following tops the alternatives ranks
East Coast Capital Management’s systematic trend fund topped FundMonitors’ FY2026 alternatives review with a 31.17 per cent return, in a year almost built...
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...
TLS and MIN shares: 2 ASX shares to watch
The Telstra Group Ltd (ASX:TLS) share price is down 2.7% since the start of 2025. It's probably worth asking, 'is the TLS share price cheap?'