Why most Australian family fortunes won’t survive the coming intergenerational wealth handover

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Most Australian family fortunes do not survive the handover to the next generation. On the most widely cited research, from the Williams Group, 70 per cent of families lose their... Read more continue reading

Padua heralds next-generation advice ecosystem

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Padua Solutions (Padua) today announced a major expansion of the Padua Advice Portal (the Portal), with AUSIEX joining as exclusive broking partner. Padua Solutions CEO & Managing Director, Matthew Esler... Read more continue reading

The biggest challenge to founder wealth begins after the business is sold

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Founders spend years building a business, and often years preparing it for sale. Escala says too few spend adequate time preparing for the transition and the period immediately after settlement,... Read more continue reading

Getting more prospects to buy your advice

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To get prospects to buy your advice and change direction you have to “sell emotion” and support it with logic, right? Not quite….there is a piece missing in this formula... Read more continue reading

Protecting older Australians against the growing issue of financial abuse 

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Equity Trustees, a sponsor of the upcoming 2026 Stand Up, Speak Out Australian Elder Abuse Conference, is calling for greater awareness of the need to act early to protect older... Read more continue reading

One in every 100 identity check failures involves a deepfake document, image or liveness video

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LexisNexis® Risk Solutions warns that the latest wave of AI-generated deepfake documents, images and liveness videos could leave organizations significantly exposed if their identity and customer onboarding checks fail to... Read more continue reading

Four ways advisors can better frame annuities with clients

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Avantis Investors provides four takeaways advisors can apply in client conversations when discussing annuities with clients. 1. Start with income, not account balances Advisers should begin with the end in... Read more continue reading

Gen Z leads in financial and retirement confidence, but doubts remain widespread

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A new generation of financial ‘super planners’ arrives as cost-of-living pressures widen national retirement confidence gap Having enough to retire comfortably is Australians’ equal top life goal alongside financial independence... Read more continue reading

Young Australians don’t have an investing problem – it’s listening to the noise that says it’s too late or too hard to even start

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The belief that younger Australians have already missed their chance to build wealth is becoming one of the country’s most damaging financial myths, according to InvestmentMarkets CEO Darren Connolly. The... Read more continue reading