Medical professionals earn the most and get the least time to build wealth
NAB Private Wealth research confirms medical professional wealth management is among the most complex and rewarding specialist segments in advice, with doctors and dentists facing compressed wealth-building windows, competing practice demands and succession complexity.
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
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...
-
Small caps, not the banks, drove active managers' quarter gains
-
Private markets, real assets and AI: inside the Alternatives Symposium
-
The seven marks of a senior adviser that tenure alone cannot guarantee
-
Jennifer Goldsworthy's vision for advice is unmistakably her own
-
Fixed income takes over in a $13 billion first half for Australian funds
Introducing The Inside Network Journal
Introducing The Inside Network Journal. A high-quality print journal designed to bring together investment thinking in one place, drawing on the people and conversations shaping the future of portfolio construction.
Sponsored by The Inside Network
What’s reshaping private markets right now?
From geopolitical headwinds and zombie funds to the rise of private credit, continuation vehicles and AI. Read our latest Barometer to gain insights into the trends, challenges and opportunities shaping private markets.
Sponsored by Coller Capital
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...
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...
AMP brings employer and adviser engagement under one leader
AMP has merged its employer, account management and adviser teams into one new unit, hiring Richard Millington from Rest to lead AMP Super corporate super as...
AI is booming yet the supply chain is not keeping up. There lies the opportunity
AI infrastructure bottlenecks are creating structural pricing power across semiconductors, networking and optical companies. ClearBridge's Eliza Mazen argues...
The concentration risk hiding in plain sight
As SpaceX joins major US indices and OpenAI and Anthropic prepare to list, a structural shift in international equity is underway. Daniel Liptak of Datt...
Syndicated loans deserve a place in your fixed income allocation
With interest rates still elevated and income-hungry investors looking beyond term deposits and investment-grade bonds, syndicated loans are emerging as a...
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.
Purchasing power is not CPI, and cash is not one currency
Advisers treat “purchasing power” as returns above CPI and “cash” as Australian dollars on deposit. Both shortcuts understate the risk retirees...
Inside the property sector where healthcare demand is doing the heavy lifting
As traditional office struggles for relevance, US medical office buildings offer advisers a cleaner story of income resilience, demographic growth and...
Offshoring vs onshoring vs automation: what lifts practice efficiency?
Offshoring, onshoring and automation all promise relief, but each one only works with the right conditions in place. Here's how advisers can choose the lever...
Good faith disclosure does not guarantee whistleblower protection
Whistleblower protection for financial advisers is not as automatic as many assume. Disclosing misconduct to a professional body carries no statutory cover,...
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...
Private credit due diligence: INDepth with David Dix from Thinktank
Thinktank’s David Dix on filling defensive portfolio gaps, three due diligence questions advisers should ask, and why private credit is emerging as a...
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...
Alternative allocations: The insiders community analyses the trade-offs in 2025
Bringing together our insiders community to share perspectives, debate strategies, and refine their approach to portfolio construction is always an...
Infrastructure: many remain under allocated
Global infrastructure allocation has barely moved in the first half of 2026, with 45 per cent of institutional investors still under-allocated. Australian...
Is your SMSF about to cost more?
The Compensation Scheme of Last Resort may soon extend to SMSF trustees, the group most harmed by the advice failures it was built to address. The law still...
How you can value the NAB share price
Trying to value the National Australia Bank Ltd. (ASX:NAB) share price? Here are 4 key metrics you need to consider.