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Profiles, moves, and perspectives from across Australia's financial advice and investment industry.
North backs Striver as the advice workforce runs top-heavy
Two in five advisers on the register have been practising for more than 20 years, and the cohort arriving behind them is less than half that size.
What private markets teach you about picking the right room
Tim Whybourne, Managing Partner at Emanuel Whybourne & Loehr, has built a wealth management footprint on a modest premise, that his edge is not original...
A new managed accounts entrant arrives with a focus on implementation
Pacific Portfolio Solutions has appointed Kyle Lidbury, formerly chief investment officer of Perpetual’s wealth management business, to lead its Australian...
A 30-year institutional memory retires from the FAAA as reform workload peaks
Phil Anderson leaves the FAAA in November after three decades at the centre of financial advice reform. His successor inherits the most active policy agenda...
Former Aberdeen chief to lead Franklin Templeton Asia Pacific
Franklin Templeton Asia Pacific has named Rene Buehlmann as its new regional head from 21 September. He joins from advising KKR on wealth and asset management...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Ziller spent 20 years finding the one thing the world's best companies have in common
Ziller Funds Management's Joseph Ziller argues that founder-led investing is not a theme or a style tilt, but a durable, evidence-backed factor that has...
The biggest advice gap in Australian wealth sits on the land
Troy Armstrong's Larapinta Private has launched to fill the biggest gap in Australian agricultural wealth management, bringing institutional advice to farming...
Why advisers should tilt global and lean into AI exposure
Arrow Private Wealth's Ryan Synnot argues advisers cannot afford to underweight global equities or sidestep AI, with the real concentration risk often hiding...