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Marketing that feels authentic: Strategies for advisers who don’t like ‘selling’

For advisers who hate “selling”, this piece shows how to grow your practice with marketing that feels like genuine help, not hype.

Building a brand that grows with you

Referrals will only take you so far: discover why Australia’s best-performing advice firms are doubling down on niche, personal brand and digital presence to...

Building reach and capability: KeyInvest’s plans for 2026

For advisers reassessing their post–Division 296 toolkit, this article explains how 147-year-old KeyInvest is methodically upgrading its people, products and...

Kit Legal launches AML/CTF solution for advice firms

With Tranche 2 drawing closer and institutional counterparties already testing firms’ AML maturity, Kit Legal’s new framework quietly shifts a looming...

From rock star dreams to financial clarity: A journey to purpose and independence

AI is increasingly ubiquitous, investments are becoming commoditised, but what can’t be replaced is emotional intelligence. The trusted adviser of the future...

Compo scheme leaves advisers and their clients in the lurch – again

Every time there’s a financial implosion triggering a claim on the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort, it’s the innocent left picking up the pieces. Even...

Discipline, not prediction: why trend-following could be 2026’s smartest strategy

Discipline cuts through behavioural bias; and trend-following thrives because it responds and doesn’t predict. Take a look under the hood of a systematic...

"Perfect storm" ahead for AFSLs in 2026

The next 12 months represents a significant regulatory challenge for Australian Financial Services Licensees (AFSLs). This is not a "business as usual"...

OpenInvest, Partnervest and Franklin Templeton implement three-way win platform deal

The flexibility of OpenInvest's open architecture was key to an innovative three-way deal the platform provider has signed with Franklin Templeton and...

Mapping the maze: Frameworks, due diligence and the modern alternatives landscape

Perhaps the best way to categorise alternatives isn’t through asset-class labels, but through risk factors, and function.

Evergreen and Ascalon: Purchase or pivot point? 

Investment consultancy Ascalon Capital will absorb research and ratings firm Evergreen Consultants, with the principals keen for the transaction to be seen as...

Compliance is changing, and it could the biggest growth opportunity yet

If the past year has taught us anything, it’s this: the firms that are winning trust and ultimately market share are treating compliance as strategy, not...

From protection to empowerment: The evolving language of value in advice

Every few years, a report comes along that forces advisers to rethink how they articulate their worth. Russell Investments’ 2025 Value of an Adviser Report...

The ghost in the machine: How Australia's financial advice framework protects everyone except consumers

The Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR) levy notices arrived quietly in advisers' inboxes this year, like parking fines for someone else's car crash. For...