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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...

The wrong retention structure can cost you your best adviser, or your exit

Profit share rewards this year's performance. Phantom equity rewards the value an adviser helped build over years. Timeline decides which one fits. Pick wrong...

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...

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...

How to build an advice talent pipeline when the profession is shrinking

Australia's adviser workforce has nearly halved since the Hayne Royal Commission. Demand for advice has never been stronger. The firms that actively build...

Inside the fee-rebate model that funds Third Link's charitable giving

Third Link Growth Fund says it has donated $24.8 million to Australian charities since 2008, funded by a fee-rebate structure across its underlying managers...

The succession gap most advice firms discover at exactly the wrong moment

Australia's advice industry is consolidating fast, and buyers grow more selective by the quarter. For practice owners without a succession plan, the exit...

The data centre boom is real. But you might be investing in the wrong players

Melbourne-based fund manager Emanuel Datt argues that the real winners of the ASX data centre buildout are not the owners and operators, but the contractors...

Apostle hires for US experience as its offshore partnerships deepens

Apostle Funds Management has hired Jeff Peters, former Platinum Asset Management chief, to lead its next phase. The appointment signals a broader shift in how...

Viridian combines $5.5 billion investment arms under Infinity brand

Managed accounts in Australia have surged past $292 billion. Viridian's new Infinity brand is betting it can serve every client on an adviser's books, from a...

Ten cultural risks advisers underestimate during a merger

Understanding why financial advice mergers fail almost always leads back to culture, not financials. These ten risks cover the human dimensions of mergers that...

FinCap's Helm takes shape with five private markets managers

FinCap has confirmed the first five managers behind Helm, its private markets portfolio range, giving wholesale advisers access from $100,000 with no capital...

Australia's AI infrastructure boom is creating small-cap opportunities

Ellerston Capital's micro cap fund returned 27.8 per cent over the year to May 2026, comfortably beating its benchmark by 16.6 per cent, as AI infrastructure...

Revenue went up, margins didn't. Sound familiar?

Financial advice profit margins tell a more complicated story than revenue alone. Here are the five decisions quietly building them, and the five that are just...

Earnings, not fear, should drive the outlook

The S&P 500 has gone nowhere for six weeks, but the ClearBridge recession dashboard remains green. Jeffrey Schulze makes the case that a stalled index after a...

Seven steps to break through the operational ceiling that stops advice firms from growing

Scaling a financial planning practice demands more than winning new clients. It demands an operational foundation strong enough to absorb growth without...