July 2027 deadline: ten months to get the CGT cost base right
Australia's CGT reforms take effect on 1 July 2027, and clients are already moving without waiting for advice. Viridian Lending's launch into the same moment shows where the broker and adviser conversation is heading.
Private credit added $95 billion in four years. Its boards are only just catching up
KIMI reviewed the majority of Australia's private credit managers before selecting twelve for its platform. Every adviser recommending private credit should...
The proof economy
Australian financial advice does not cost what it costs because of Hayne. It costs what it costs because the law asks advisers to prove a procedure rather than...
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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Outsource, automate or keep human: the three-way sort every advice practice needs to run
Most advice practices never deliberately decide what to outsource, automate or keep in-house. This guide sets out a working test for outsourcing for financial...
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...
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...
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...
The evolving income conversation: INSight #491 with Jonathan Tullob from Trellia Wealth Partners
Jonathan Tullob of Trellia Wealth Partners, explains why private credit and equity can underwhelm, what the phase-out of hybrids may mean for yield strategies,...
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...
Innovation and the future of HNW advice with Denis Orrock from Praemium
Returns are no longer what keeps HNW clients loyal. Praemium research shows 36 per cent of wealthy investors rank trust above everything else, and the gap...
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...
Passive flows are changing how value works in emerging markets
Orbis Investments’ Saurav Das argues that as passive capital erodes price discovery, a low valuation in emerging markets no longer guarantees a re-rating,...
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...
WES shares: your next blue chip investment?
The Wesfarmers Ltd (ASX:WES) share price is down around 6.2% since the start of 2025. It's probably worth asking, 'is the WES share price top value?'