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When ethics and law don’t meet

Think Caddie's David Land uses the insurance industry to explore how much ethical flexibility can exist inside the law before regulators and the public react....

How to treat the SPIVA scorecard as a portfolio construction tool, not a verdict

Andrew Wielandt, director at DP Wealth Advisory, says the latest SPIVA Australia data reinforces a core and satellite approach he has run since attending a US...

Morgans Financial's seven-year commitment to rural Australia earns Rural Aid patronage

Morgans Financial has become a Rural Aid patron after seven years of quiet backing, a reminder that rural clients often need support advice practices cannot...

Trust tax reform will reach further than the wealthy, FAAA warns

The FAAA's submission on discretionary trust tax reform warns the proposed 30 per cent minimum rate will hit far more than high earners, with serious...

Ironbark lands $255.9 million from Merchant Wealth Partners to continue its growth

Merchant Wealth Partners is making its largest investment outside the US, offering growth capital and capability to Ironbark Financial Group, one of...

Jacqui Fernley takes the CIO role at Hamilton Wealth Partners

Hamilton Wealth Partners has appointed arcpoint OCIO as its outsourced chief investment office, with founding partner Jacqui Fernley taking the chief...

Adviser development: what an AI simulation can and cannot teach

SIAA has launched DART, an AI-powered toolkit for developing advisers. Chief executive Maria Lykouras says simulated client interviews and ethical dilemmas...

The founder who wants to be the least important person in the business 

Arrow Private Wealth's Peter Leggett shares six leadership lessons on culture, trust and stewardship, offering financial advisers a practical model for...

While others step back, Integro and Coastline build for risk

Most practices kept their risk advice licence and quietly stopped using it. Integro Private Wealth is moving the other way, merging with Coastline Private...

Perennial shuts its resources flagship, then builds a bigger one

Perennial Partners closed a resources fund after a 49.8 per cent year and launched a global version with ten times the runway. The fund capacity question...

Super cold calling ban: buying leads is about to come with a paper trail

The government's superannuation cold calling ban carries the headlines, but Kit Legal's Catherine Evans says the real risk sits in lead generation compliance...

Quality, beta and the SaaS reckoning: the screens advisers should retire

ClearBridge's Reece Birtles says passive flows have broken the screens advisers rely on in Australian equities. His case for HALO stocks, a declining beta...

The ETF generation is already knocking on advisers' doors  

Pearler's $16 million Series A close reveals how young investors in Australia are forming their first habits on index-heavy platforms, and what that means for...

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...