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• Are your clients actually diversified? The hidden risks inside every portfolio

  October 6, 2026 · 25 min

  It was once a given that investing across a variety of asset classes, meant you were diversified. Today’s guest believes that may no longer be the case. AI for example touches debt, equities and infrastructure. When the old asset-class…

• HUB24’s Jason Entwistle on AI and avoiding the next advice scandal

  September 29, 2026 · 33 min

  Jason Entwistle is worried. Australian advisers have one of the highest AI adoption rates in the world at a time when there are so many "shiny new toys” coming out. But he sees a real risk to the speed of this adoption. Taking up AI tools…

• Bond markets are now funding the AI boom. History tells us that's a warning sign

  September 22, 2026 · 30 min

  The world’s biggest technology companies are burning through their once-abundant cash reserves to fund the AI arms race. Increasingly, they’re turning to debt markets to fund the buildout. That means the most speculative part of the market…

• He’s met with 1000s of advisers - here’s what sets the best apart

  September 15, 2026 · 29 min

  What separates advice practices that scale well from those that get stuck? After meeting with thousands of advisers, Trellia Wealth Partners Managing Partner Cameron Spittle says the difference often comes down to one thing: the operating…

• How to gear inside super without property

  September 8, 2026 · 23 min

  The rules around leverage have changed. So what does that mean for advisers? With residential property LRBAs no longer available inside SMSFs, instalment warrants remain one way advisers can use leverage in super. Citi Global Markets…

• Why financial advice has an AI problem (and what actually fixes it)

  September 1, 2026 · 27 min

  AI tools have had a very “superficial” impact on financial advice so far. That’s according to today’s guest Simon O’Keefe, founder and CEO of Alcova, an AI adoption and safety company for Australian wealth management firms. He believes AI…

• Zenith’s guide to rebuilding defensive portfolios

  August 25, 2026 · 30 min

  Defensive assets are meant to be the boring part of a portfolio. Now, it’s where advisers are making some of their hardest calls. Bonds spent the past few decades earning a reputation as the go-to hedge to equities. Since 2022, that…

• From kings to catalogues: The overlooked asset class with a 600-year history

  August 18, 2026

  Stephen Otter, Partners Group’s Global Head of Private Markets Royalties, argues that royalties are uncorrelated to markets, low volatility, an inflation hedge, and generate a predictable yield. So, it’s surprising that most investors…