Between Meetings with Matt Heine

Listen to Dan Solin, President at Solin Strategic LLC and Evidence Based Advisor Marketing, as he shares his journey from law to financial advice, revealing how his legal background shaped a preventative, client-first mindset. In this episode, Dan unpacks the power of simplicity in investing, advocating for low-cost, transparent strategies that cut through industry complexity. He introduces the neuroscience-informed “Solin process” to build trust and engagement and explains why listening—not talking—is the true competitive edge for advisers. He explores how AI and avatars can scale personalisation and content delivery, critiques outdated asset-based fees, and champions fairer, fixed models. Dan concludes by affirming that while technology will transform the industry, the human element remains essential in delivering meaningful, emotionally intelligent financial advice in Australia's evolving landscape. 00:01:35 – Dan's background Dan began his career as a lawyer before shifting into financial advising. He explains how his legal background influenced his focus on prevention over reaction, leading him to help clients make  better investment decisions before problems arise. 00:03:01 – Writing and evidence-based investing Dan discusses his books on evidence-based investing, explaining how the industry often overcomplicates what should be a straightforward discipline. His philosophy centres around simplicity, low-cost solutions, and the importance of transparency. 00:05:09 – The Solin process He introduces the “Solin process,” a neuroscience-informed approach to client engagement that focuses on asking open-ended questions. This process helps advisors convert prospects into clients by building trust and credibility. 00:08:08 – Neuroscience and listening Referencing studies from Harvard, Dan explains that listening creates pleasurable brain responses in clients. In contrast, dominating the conversation often leads to disengagement. Listening, he argues, is the true competitive edge in advisery services. 00:15:00 – Leveraging technology Dan explains how advisors can use AI and digital avatars to scale their outreach while maintaining  personalisation. These tools are especially effective for connecting with younger clients and  enhancing marketing efforts. 00:18:32 – Investment simplicity Dan challenges the idea that complex strategies are better. He advocates for evidence-based investing and the use of index funds, stressing that clear communication and low-cost solutions often yield better outcomes for clients. 00:22:10 – Rethinking fee structures Dan critiques asset-based fees, calling them outdated and often misaligned with the actual work advisors perform. He recommends more transparent, service-based or fixed-fee models that reflect real value delivered. 00:24:38 – The role of advisers in a tech-enabled future While AI will take over many routine functions, Dan believes the human element will remain essential. Advisers should focus on addressing complex emotional and financial needs, while tech  handles repetitive processes. 00:27:44 – Using avatars to scale content Dan shares how he uses avatars to turn written content into hundreds of video clips. This allows him to scale his marketing and provide 24/7 access to resources without additional workload. 00:31:51 – Final reflections Dan concludes by affirming his belief in the integrity of most advisors and their willingness to evolve. By adopting better communication strategies and new technologies, the industry can deliver more effective and ethical service.

Join Matt Heine as he sits down with Andrew Inwood, Global CEO of CoreData, to explore the dynamic world of financial services. In this episode, Andrew delves into the critical role of financial literacy and the profound impact of intergenerational wealth transfer. He discusses the evolving responsibilities of financial planners and how technology and data are reshaping the industry. Andrew provides valuable insights into the challenges and opportunities facing financial services today, emphasising the importance of scalable solutions and strong client relationships. Listen in order to gain a deeper understanding of the future of financial planning and the strategies that can drive success.

Hear Clayton Daniel, CEO of Ensombl, as he discusses the remarkable evolution of Ensombl from a small team to a thriving community of over 10,000 advice professionals.  Clayton shares valuable insights on how Ensombl has grown in size and sophistication, the challenges and successes they've faced, and their unwavering mission to drive the positive evolution of financial advice. He delves into the importance of creating an agile workplace, leveraging AI to enhance efficiency, and the pivotal role of community in professional development. Clayton also talks about the significance of moderation in maintaining a healthy community and the profound impact of virtual PD days on continuous professional development, ensuring that advisers stay ahead in their field.

Listen to Brett Joffe and Justin Joffe, co-founders of Flux Finance, a platform revolutionising financial literacy for young adults in Australia, relate their journey from struggling with their initial podcast episodes to building a community of over 450,000 members. Brett and Justin share how Flux combines education, gamification, and money tools to make financial topics engaging and accessible to the next generation and the Emerging Affluent (young professionals). They discuss their unique approach to creating financial content that is culturally relevant, co-branding opportunities for financial advisers that can help them build relationships in a scalable and cost-effective way, and their mission to improve financial wellbeing for individuals and employees by partnering with large enterprises to positively impact staff productivity and retention.

This episode looks back at some of the most incisive moments from Matt's conversations in 2024, with an array of impressive guests from diverse fields who share their experiences, insights, and key learnings for financial advisers. Listen to the full episodes from which these clips are taken: Ep 94: Embracing play at work to innovate and collaborate – Tane Hunter & Dara Simkin Ep 93: Keeping wealth and succession in the family – Philip Pryor Ep 92: Optimising advice firms for business efficiency – Sue Viskovic Ep 91: Growing the licensee of the future – Hugh Humphrey Ep 90: Building bonds in the financial sector – Danielle Press Ep 89: Sharpening advice firms for a competitive edge – Dean Lombardo Ep 88: Expanding horizons with alternative assets – Lawrence Calcano Ep 87: Partnering with purpose to create a better world – Jean Oelwang Ep 86: Scientifically revealing client preferences for personalised advice - Shachar Kariv PhD & Bernard Del Rey Ep 85: Leadership lessons from Facebook's former CEO - Stephen Scheeler

Hear Tane Hunter and Dara Simkin discuss their unique career paths and collaboration on Future Crunch, a thought-leadership and research company that explores the frontiers of science and technology, and shares stories of human progress. Tane, a scientist with expertise in biology and technology, and Dara, a marketing and executive coaching professional, share their insights on the importance of play and storytelling in business. They explore the balance between technology and human interaction, emphasizing intelligent augmentation over artificial intelligence. The conversation delves into the challenges of rapid technological changes, cognitive flexibility, and the role of AI in various industries. Tane and Dara provide practical examples of integrating play and improvisation into business practices to foster creativity and innovation. They also highlight the significance of adaptability and the adaptability quotient (AQ) in navigating the evolving business landscape.

Listen to Philip Pryor, Founder & CEO at Family Business Central, talk through his career transition from psychology and large corporates to family businesses, finding greater fulfilment and leading to the founding of Family Business Central. Phil notes that the family enterprise market in Australia is less mature than the US and Europe, with fewer multi-generational families and a lack of understanding about family offices. He provides insights and examples of the emotional and logistical challenges families face when selling a business and highlights why fairness in family enterprises doesn't always mean equality. Phil outlines the importance of preparing the next generation through education, financial literacy, and involvement in family business activities to ensure long-term success. Lastly, he mentions that he is writing a book, titled "Risking It All," to help families in business navigate issues like communication, conflict management, and succession planning.

Hear Sue Viskovic, General Manager, Consulting at VBP, trace her career in financial services, and discuss how she started Elixir Consulting (now part of VBP) to provide business coaching to advice firms. Sue recounts the challenges when advice businesses moved from commissions to fee-based models. She emphasizes the need for advisers to understand the intricacies of running a business, thorough business planning and being well-capitalized. Sue predicts that scalability will be crucial for advice businesses and outlines how practice management roles, technology (especially AI, data and CRM systems), and outsourcing to countries like the Philippines, can significantly reduce costs and improve efficiency. Lastly, Sue mentions how VBP helps firms looking to improve their operations through consulting, coaching, and outsourcing services.

 Listen to Hugh Humphrey, CEO of Count, as he traces his unique career path from roles in consulting, to telecommunications, and eventually to financial advice, now leading one of the largest licensee groups in Australia. Hugh shares the leadership insights he gained from other impressive leaders, such as values-based decision-making, the importance of effective communication, and the need to respond quickly and transparently when problem-solving. He chats through the evolving role of the licensee and the areas he is focused on with scaling the business, diversifying revenue streams, and integrating technology to improve client service. Finally, Hugh identifies technology and outsourcing as crucial for increasing efficiency and client capacity, while also emphasizing the need for more advisers and new ways for people to enter the profession.

Hear Danielle Press, ex-Commissioner of ASIC and Consultant at Income Asset Management (IAM), discuss her diverse career in finance, including her roles at the Reserve Bank, a family office, and ASIC, before joining IAM. Danielle shares her views on leadership and change management, emphasizing the importance of honesty, humility, and vulnerability to get the best out of people, and creating a balanced leadership team. She reflects on the impact of the Royal Commission and the Quality of Advice Review on financial services and shares her ‘back to the future' prediction on the role of superfunds. Finally, she discusses the future of hybrids, her current work on fixed income and bonds, and her efforts to make bonds more accessible to retail investors through Netwealth.

Listen to Dean Lombardo, Founder & Principal of Effortless Engagement, as he shares his history in advice to becoming a consultant and an author. Dean talks through how he developed a unique method of evaluating client progression and confidence using short-term milestones and adult learning theory. He discusses the benefits of goals-based planning and explains how re-engineering adviser processes could lead to increased productivity, referrals, and better client outcomes. Dean suggests that advisers could address the advice supply gap and service more clients with less effort by using technology. He warns of the risk of not investing in intergenerational planning and multidisciplinary services and finally concludes that the best businesses are already using AI and other tools to enhance their client engagement and value proposition. Effortless Engagement: www.effortlessengagement.com.au

Hear Lawrence Calcano, Chairman & CEO of iCapital, a platform that helps advisers access private markets, share his experiences of growing iCapital from a small team to a global company with over 1,200 employees. Lawrence emphasises the importance of having a strong culture, a clear vision, and a commitment to innovation and client success. He explains why alternative investments, such as private equity, private credit, hedge funds, and real estate, are becoming more popular among advisors and can help investors achieve their long-term goals. Lawrence also shares his enthusiasm about partnering with Netwealth to bring these opportunities to Australia, enabling Netwealth's clients to access iCapital's curated selection of alternative investments, as well as its educational program and operational support.

Listen to Jean Oelwang, CEO of Virgin Unite, relate how she was instrumental in creating the foundation of Richard Branson's Virgin Group, which brings together the business and not-for-profit worlds to scale change and create a better world. 20 years on Jean recounts what drew her from telcos into the impact sphere, how she observed and had a few ‘'light bulb'' moments whilst incubating groups of great leaders, like Nelson Mandella, which became the inspiration to write her book on Partnering. Jean shares stories of people and companies who have connected with purpose and the rituals they maintain for success. She highlights the opportunity for businesses to change the world, how this impacts the bottom line, and shares advice for smaller businesses starting their journey

Hear Shachar Kariv and Bernard Del Ray, co-founders of Capital Preferences, a company that provides solutions for understanding client preferences and behaviours in financial decision making, describe their research, background and motivations. Shachar and Bernard outline the challenges and limitations of traditional risk profiling methods. They break down the innovations and applications of Capital Preferences' tools in areas such as risk aversion, loss aversion, ambiguity aversion, multi-dimensional social preferences, and how to go about advising the modern couple. They also discuss the trends and opportunities for utilising these tools in financial advice and wealth management, especially in the context of personalisation, inter-generational client engagement, and enabling clients to achieve greater financial wellbeing. Learn more about Capital Preferences 

Listen to Stephen Scheeler, CEO & Co-Founder of Omniscient Neurotechnology, relate how his corporate career moved to the internet and e-commerce sector, working at Facebook and finally setting up Omniscient, a leader in the field of neurotechnology. Stephen describes how he joined Facebook as one of the "adults" who helped transform the company from cult success into a global powerhouse. He explains how he learned to be a humble, flexible and transparent leader at Facebook, and the practices he adopted, such as posting his performance reviews, creating a good boss/bad boss list, and empowering his team to succeed. Stephen talks through how he co-founded Omniscient, a company that uses AI to decode the human brain and solve problems in areas like mental illness, neurodegeneration, emotions and intelligence.

In this episode, we roundup some of the highlights from our 2023 podcasts, to give you a flavour of each episode and so that you can catch up on what you missed, or find an episode you'd like to hear more of. We cover the best bits from: Ep 83: Ringing in the changes for the financial industry ​- Marcus Price Ep 82: Achieving the unachievable for financial services ​- Sarah Abood Ep 81: Raising the voice of the financial sector ​- Blake Briggs Ep 80: Harnessing the power of AI in the advice industry ​- Michael Kollo Ep 79: Evolving the client value proposition with technology - Matt Heine Ep 78: Empowering students for their financial future - Kendall Flutey Ep 77: Strategic perspectives on scale and independence - Matt Brinker Ep 76: Building a wealth platform to transform lives - Brent Brodeski Ep 75: Talking about a revolution in investing - Jennifer Risher

Hear Marcus Price, CEO and Managing Director, Iress as he shares his background in banking to building PEXA and what drew him to the investment side of financial services with Iress. Marcus discusses the industry step change he accelerated with data and automation in banking decisions as well as bringing the digitisation of property settlements through PEXA (Property Exchange Australia) to fruition. He expands on the hallmarks of change management, his eye-opening first few days at Iress and the inspiration he draws from other companies. Marcus chats through the applications for AI as a tool to provide actionable insights and the need for tech toolkits for people in financial services.  He finally shares his concerns over cybersecurity with old tech stacks, the role of communities, and where he sees Iress heading in the next few years.

Hear Sarah Abood share her journey into financial services and how she headed the merger of the FPA and AFA to become the CEO of the newly formed FAAA. Sarah discusses how she brought two longstanding organisations together and chats through the process of creating the FAAA brand to represent a united voice for the profession. Sarah relates the FAAA's involvement with QAR and their focus on the key issues facing consumers and advisers. She mentions the FAAA's continued support of video SOAs and how technology and data standards will play a key role in the path to the future. Finally, Sarah outlines the strategic priorities of the FAAA relating to policy, its members and consumers.

Listen to Blake Briggs as he shares his diverse career journey through industrial advocacy, superannuation policy and finally to financial services and the FSC. Blake relays the skills, governance processes and overarching consumer lens that assist in creating a unified strong voice for the financial industry through the FSC. He explains how the FSC is engaging a cross-section of licensees, advisers and associations to achieve successful regulatory frameworks and create a healthy sector. Blake outlines that diversity of product options to aid retirement planning will be a big focus for the FSC over the next 12 months and how removing red tape could enable the introduction of overseas technology solutions to deliver advice in new and innovative ways.  Lastly, Blake explains the issues around moving clients from old legacy systems to new products and foreshadows a groundswell of consumer concern around failed products in the coming months for advisers to be aware of.

Hear Dr. Micheal Kollo as he discusses his journey from a PhD in finance to becoming a quantitative manager, using algorithms to forecast markets. Michael uncovers how AI now translates complex financial data into intuitive client reports. He takes a deep dive into the intricacies of tools like ChatGPT and how financial advisers can harness its potential without compromising sensitive data. Kollo throws light on groundbreaking plugins, their pros, pitfalls, and the steps for crafting effective AI prompts. Finally, he presents a glimpse into the future of SOAs and ROAs, where automation meets human intuition and shares his vision on how AI adoption could redefine and personalise financial education. You might also be interested in Netwealth's 2023 AdviceTech report - Humans and Machines: How AI and adjacent AdviceTech can supercharge advice practices.

In this episode, Matt jumps into the hot seat to be interviewed by Peita Diamantidis on the Ensombl AdviceTech podcast. They discuss how advisers are using technology to differentiate their offering and build their client value proposition. Matt shares the efficiencies of managed accounts during turbulent markets, integrating ESG into the offering, cyber-security considerations for firms, and how Artificial Intelligence is being used to provide insights, manage back-office administration and deepen client relationships. He also chats through the continuously evolving client expectations of technology and how Netwealth is providing technology and services to help advisers meet these expectations. Listen to more Ensombl AdviceTech episodes: https://ensombl.com/series/friday-advicetech-podcast/

Picking up from episode 35, Kendall Flutey, Co-Founder and CEO of Banqer, now shares how experiential learning with Banqer Primary has expanded to high school children, giving them the chance to increase their financial literacy and capability that translates into real life. She describes how Banqer has helped to uplift the financial capability of parents, teachers and kids by engaging them on the financial education journey of their children, and relates how the principles of financial literacy amongst children can be expanded to adults. Kendall discusses the exciting potential for AI to lend itself to personalised learning pathways and what Banqer is doing to help prepare students for their careers and financial future in an uncertain world ahead. Finally, she chats through the challenges and key learnings along their growth trajectory and the healthy tension between profit and purpose on their journey to becoming a social enterprise for-profit. To learn more and refer a teacher, visit Banqer.co/netwealth

Listen to Matt Brinker, Managing Partner of Merchant Investment Management, share how he built United Capital, a platform to help advisers scale their businesses, into a $25bn behemoth before its acquisition by Goldman Sachs. Matt reveals why he then changed focus from uniformity and scale to celebrating diversity in business structures and individuals with Merchant. Brinker delves into his observations of the success factors of firms that have been able to scale, how digital tools can bridge the client experience gap, the growth of alternative investments in the US, and exciting developments in global markets. He also provides insightful commentary on investment strategy, capital duration, and the importance of building long-lasting, sustainable businesses.

Hear Brent Brodeski, CEO & Founder, Savant Wealth Management discuss his journey to becoming a successful entrepreneur and leader in the financial industry. Brent shares his personal experiences and how he overcame challenges, made tough decisions, and developed a strong vision for the future of his company. From his early days as a stockbroker to founding Savant Wealth Management, Brodeski shares valuable insights on building a culture of growth, selecting the right partners and staying true to core values. Learn how one of the most respected figures in the financial industry cultivated leadership skills and implemented effective strategies for managing teams and driving innovation and growth.

Listen to Jennifer Risher, Author, Speaker and Co-founder of #HalfMyDAF, as she shares her wealth journey from early days at Microsoft and Amazon. Jennifer explains the emotional and sensitive side of money with real life examples of what she terms as 'the embarrassment of riches', a title she almost used for her book, and the isolation that wealth can bring. She unpacks the vital support role her adviser played and why she penned the book, “We need to talk“. Jennifer reveals how peer networks helped her learn more about investing and her power to create change. This led her to philanthropy and co-founding an organisation to encourage Americans to donate half their donor advised fund, awarding millions to non-profits. www.halfmydaf.com www.JenniferRisher.com

Listen to Nathan Fradley, Director of Ethos ESG Australia and Senior Adviser at Tribeca Financial, as he recounts his career journey into ethical advice and why he co-founded tech company Ethos, an ESG data and software tool for advisers. Nathan unpacks the micro and macro impact of financial advisers on society and the economy, and the need to enhance the reputation of the industry for clients and the next generation of advisers. He identifies opportunities in the client experience from a platform perspective and in the delivery of advice with technology, particularly with the Statement of Advice (SOA). Nathans explains how Ethos is solving the challenges of providing advice to clients on ESG investing in a personalised and transparent manner.

Hear Ben Krasnostein, Managing Director of Kilara Capital, trace his career path into the world of impact investing, where he finally began to realise his aspiration to combine profit and purpose and founded Kilara Capital, an investment management business focussed on both impact and commercial returns. Ben unpacks the responsible investment spectrum and the need for taxonomies and standards, decarbonisation companies they currently partner with, and the structural positions they take in them. He chats through some of the common mistakes he sees founders or small business owners making and the qualities they look for in a founder. Ben identifies key impact areas he believes will drive significant change, advantages of certain business structures, and resources to learn more about the growing area of impact investing.   Learn more about Kilara Capital: https://www.kilaracapital.com/resources Kilara in the news: https://onimpact.com.au/kilara-capital-reports-on-impact-performance-against-a-global-benchmark/

Listen to Luke Sayers, Founder & Executive Chairman of Sayers, as he shares the philosophy of Sayers, a fast-growing investment advisory, named LinkedIn Startup of the year 2021. Luke relates how his consulting career path took him from growing up in a small Victorian country town to becoming the youngest managing director at PWC, president of the Carlton Football Club and founder of Sayers.  He explains what he means by the “new quo“ and why he believes in not just doing things better but in doing better things. Luke outlines the importance of visioning to transform an organisation, and even the country, and why his restlessness with the status quo led him to found Sayers.

Hear Dr. Isaac Poole, CIO of Oreana, share how his interest in economics launched a career that took him around the world, spanning government and corporate roles in economic strategy, before finally moving into the wealth profession. Isaac offers guidance for those starting their career and shares the importance of mentoring for the industry as he sees it move to becoming a profession. He discusses key differences between the Hong Kong and Australian markets, the role of investment beliefs and governance when providing advice, and the changing availability of illiquid assets over the next decade. Isaac reveals his recent role at the University of Tasmania and why he thinks education is critical to the future of finance as a profession.

Listen to Steve Tucker, Chairman & Founding Partner of Koda Capital as he chats through how he became a young CEO of MLC, why he started Koda Capital, the changes he has spearheaded and the future of the finance industry. Steve shares how he began a revolution in the advice industry's commission trails system and where he sees the industry heading in the next 5 years, with independent advice and the move to becoming a profession. He discusses the philosophy that Koda is built on, why he was one of the founding executives to sign up to the banking and finance oath and imparts wisdom for those wanting to start a business.

Hear David Wright, CEO & joint founder of Zenith Investment Partners, as he recounts his 30-year career journey in research and investment analysis, the evolution he has seen in the finance industry and the impetus for starting Zenith over 20 years ago. David shares what he's learnt from building his own business and why he enjoys the educational aspects of his role the most.  He discusses the trend towards outsourcing investments and managed accounts, and expands on some of the challenges with ESG and its interaction with other investments as well as revealing two major areas of focus with carbon offsets and gender diversity.

Listen to Santiago Burridge, CEO & Co-founder of Lumiant, as he takes us through his financial career, the changes he's seen in the wealth industry, and what led him to start a new tech company mid-career. Santiago discusses why it's important for advisers to focus on non-financial family members and to understand the role of life goals and values when providing financial advice. He shares the challenges of establishing a tech-start-up, and what he‘s learnt from the US market, in terms of technology and advice. Santiago also describes how his core values, of caring about what's important to people and doing what's right, have led him to this point, and their impact on the rise of Lumiant to become a global company in the short space of two years.

Hear Catherine Robson, Founder of Affinity Private Advisors, discuss why recognising your leadership style, building relationships with staff and harnessing technology is crucial to scaling a business. Catherine reveals the joys and responsibilities of her current roles as non-executive director of Equity Trustees, Greater Bank, and Lumos, as well as the chair of Scale Investors. Reflecting on her path to becoming a non-executive director, Catherine shares her insights as to why not being a subject matter expert can be beneficial and provides advice for those thinking about being a director. Catherine explains the concept of an investment club, her podcast that focuses solely on women raising capital, and what's most important to her when choosing an early-stage investment.  

Listen to Kristine Brooks, Head of Australian Business at Milford, as she recounts her journey from the trading floors of Perth to her position today, helping to lead the specialist investment firm with just under $17bn under management. The combination of Kristine's competitive nature and emotional intelligence saw her, during her time at Zurich, successfully manage the acquisition of Macquarie and OnePath's life insurance businesses. In this episode, Kristine shares how her people-centric leadership style helped navigate the integration of all three cultures during this time. She also explores the recent Milford report, ‘Financial Advice Reimagined', which reveals how understanding a client's emotional relationship with their money can ultimately lead to delivering better advice.

Hear how Jonathan Christie, Managing Director of Oreana Financial Services (Australia), came to create the independent licensee in 2018 and has since overseen its growth from just one client at inception to now having 33 clients and around 3000 advisers under management. Driving their growth has been Jonathan and Oreana's ability to retain experienced and passionate advisers, as well as their total respect for the power of governance-led strategies, believing that discussions around governance should always occur before discussions on investment philosophies. Jonathan also shares his views on the future of advisory services, the rising trend of segmented investment approaches, and how regulation is impacting platforms' ability to create technological solutions for faster advice delivery.

Hear how Martin Franc, CEO of Invesco Australia, accelerated Invesco's performance – and has overseen their assets under management grow from $1bn to $37bn since joining the company over eight years ago. Martin emphasizes the value of connection in creating deeper client relationships and an internal culture that enables the curiosity required to succeed as an adviser or a manager today. This human-centric approach to investment management has driven Invesco throughout its purchase of Intelliflo, an online platform catering to advisers, and the establishment of Invesco Consulting. Looking forward, Martin discusses how the democratisation of advice - in conjunction with ESG going mainstream - may lead to the next generation of affluent Australians becoming more active, conscious investors, utilising emergent technologies now available around the world.

Listen to Richard Milroy, Executive Director of Private Wealth Network (PWN), an independent membership organisation for high-net-worth individuals and family offices, as he describes the opportunities and challenges of family portfolio management. Richard's background in events and media adds a new perspective to this complex topic, shedding light on the realities of intergenerational wealth transfer and avenues for better engagement within the family office. He also shares some valuable insights into networking, the beginnings of ESG investment, changemaking through finance, and the current gaps in the advisory sector's approach to servicing ultra-high-net-worth individuals.

Listen to Paul Campbell, Managing Director of Xeppo, as he shares why he founded data and business management platform Xeppo, the important role of data for business efficiency, and how practises can use their data in a more insightful way to unlock opportunities. Paul discusses the structure of advice in the next 3-5 years, common traits of the best firms at tech adoption, how practises can approach their data strategy and what they need to be thinking about as they embark on the next technological roadmap. 

Hear Paul Bassat, Co-Founder at Square Peg (ex-CEO of SEEK and AFL Commissioner), in our first ever live podcast, as he shares how he went from being a lawyer to setting up one of the most successful tech companies in Australia. Paul talks through his experience and global perspective on emerging technology, the future of customer experience and early-stage tech investing. He also discusses what motivated him to set up Square Peg Capital, a venture capital fund with a focus on investing in early-stage tech companies, as well as the challenges of building a strong tech-eco system in Australia, his view on crypto and some tips on getting started.

Kate Temby, Independent Director of Netwealth and Partner at Affirmative Investment Management, shares what drew her into finance, the early years of her high-profile role in New York whilst balancing a family, and the traits of her favourite leaders. Kate discusses why she is passionate about ESG and impact investing, the various shades of green investing and ‘greeniums', net zero and transition finance, the availability of ESG data and research, and finally how she ended up in Samoa on hit TV series ‘Survivor'.

Greg Kirk, Executive Chairman of Implemented Portfolios, shares some of his experiences over the last 45 years in the finance industry. We talk about the important leadership traits required during the pandemic, the future of the workplace and the challenges of the digital only world on culture. We also discuss the importance of using technology to deliver hyper-personalised client experiences as well as his involvement with new businesses Creative Mass and Lumient. Importantly, we chat through his love for horses and his investment in breeding racehorse winners for the Sydney and Melbourne Cups.

Hear from Matt Brown, Executive GM of Australian Unity Advice, as he shares the early years of his career, the circumstances that drew him into financial advice and to his current role at Australian Unity. We chat through the importance of company values, building resilience in his team through tragedy and key findings of the latest Australian Unity Wellbeing Index report. We also discuss why he sees the financial industry as a tremendous investment and career opportunity, as well as how technology might be used as ‘guard rails' for advisers and to improve efficiency and scale.

Neil Younger, CEO of Fortnum Private Wealth, shares some of the major changes he's seen in the industry over the last 30 years of his career and the evolution of financial advice business structures and models.  We also discuss what the licensee of the future looks like, the benefits and challenges of technology during COVID in the advice relationship, and how Fortnum is using machine learning and AI to help advisers manage their workflows. 

Senator Andrew Bragg shares his thoughts on a wide range of topics, including how he took on tech giants Google and Facebook earlier this year, the importance of dynamic policy settings for Australia to be competitive, the need for regulation and consumer protection in cryptocurrency markets, and what we need to do to make super work more effectively for Australians, as detailed in his book ‘Bad Egg: How to Fix Super'.

Hear how Sarah Brennan's career went from humble beginnings in a call centre, to setting up her own benchmarking business and then becoming the CEO of Investment Trends. We chat through the changing face of advice business models, the explosion of online broking and what advisers can do to position themselves for millennial markets. We also explore the growing importance of ESG, building trust and what we can learn from overseas.

John unpacks the importance of knowing your ‘why', his journey into the finance sector, key lessons he's learnt as a CEO, and some of the innovative things Australian Ethical are doing to future proof themselves. We discuss what he sees as the next big themes for investing and he shares some tips on where advisers can look to self-educate on future trends.

Jodie Hampshire, Managing Director, Australia at Russell Investments, shares her journey into the wealth industry, the power of meditation, and the value of having a financial adviser. We discuss the future of advice, creating personalised experiences and the role of women. 

Internationally recognised speaker, author, Founder and CEO of Absolute Engagement, Julie Littlechild shares her research and insights into client engagement. We talk data collection, NPS, client segmentation and the role technology plays in creating a client experience.

Andrew Walsh, Managing Director and CEO of Iress, shares his journey from founding Xplan 20 years ago to becoming the CEO of Iress. Andrew talks technology adoption, where advisers should start, the curse of the digital magpie and the importance of leveraging and protecting data. Hear Andrew’s thoughts on the future ‘bionic’ adviser, and how advisers can harness robo-technology to provide an on-demand client experience.

Neville Azzopardi, founding partner and CEO of Sayers Wealth, on the launch of a new wealth management business and challenging the status quo.  Listen to Neville discuss the opportunities to bring together a more holistic wealth approach for high net worth individuals (HWNIs), addressing the importance of family, the multi-generational family business, technology and the changing face of philanthropy.  

Hear how Damien Mu went from working in the mailroom to be the CEO of AIA Australia and New Zealand, one of the countries largest life insurers. He also shares how he has built a purpose-led organisation and what workplaces should consider to support mental and physical wellbeing.