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 look chat through his love for horses and his investment in breeding racehorse winners for the Sydney and Melbourne Cups.

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Ep 59: Delivering hyper-personalised wealth solutions with technology

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.

Ep 58: Navigating a crisis through wealth and wellbeing - Matt Brown

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. 

Ep 57: Technology and the licensee of the future - Neil Younger

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’.

Ep 56: Making super work for Australians - Senator Andrew Bragg

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.

Ep 55: Benchmarking for success - Sarah Brennan

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.

Ep. 54: Future proofing - the increasing importance of ethical investing – John McMurdo

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. 

Ep 53: The value of financial advice - Jodie Hampshire

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.

Ep 52: Creating a client experience in your advice business - Julie Littlechild

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.

Ep 51: Past, present, and future of financial planning technology - Andrew Walsh

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.  

Ep 50: Creating a modern advisory business for today's dynamic economy - Neville Azzopardi

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.

Ep 49: Creating a healthy workplace - Damien Mu

"In the last 20 years that I've worked in finance journalism, I haven't had a female financial adviser call me to say, "Hey, can I contribute to your magazine or to your newspaper?" Michelle Baltazar, Executive Director of Media for Rainmaker Group - publisher of the Financial Standard and Money Magazine, joins the podcast to share her advice for wealth management professionals wanting to contribute and be heard in the media. Michelle also discusses some of the major trends she's covering and the future of events post-COVID.

Ep 48: Collaborating with the media - Michelle Baltazar

"As the role of the advisor expands, the previous work and the previous roles are not diminishing, it's just additional work is being done." Clayton Daniel, Managing Director of XY Adviser - a social network for the advice industry, joins to share how he went from aspiring rockstar, to running his own advice business, to running an online community for financial advisers. Clayton also discusses some of the trends he's seeing in this community including the expanding role of advisers, and what he has planned for the future of XY. 

Ep 47: The expanding role of financial advisers - Clayton Daniel

Hear how Brett Kelly, founder and CEO of Kelly Partners, got to speak to some of the most influential Australians at the age of 22 and how this inspired him to create his own business. In this fascinating episode, Brett also explores what he’s learnt about people management from some of the world’s best leaders and how he maintains a passion for his work.

Ep 46: Exploring the traits of successful leaders - Brett Kelly

Fraser Jack, Head of Partnerships at Advice Intelligence chats to Matt about how advice firms can start their own podcast, how you can build more in-depth relationships with your clients through goals-based advice and what the future of advice might look like, and the technology to enable it.

AdviceTech Leaders Series - Fraser Jack, Advice Intelligence

In this podcast series Matt Heine, Joint Managing Director of Netwealth, chats to industry professionals and thought leaders on what opportunities and challenges they see for financial advisers and the wealth industry as a whole. Together they explore latest technologies, business models, changing demographic patterns and general trends in the industry. This series is designed for wealth professionals who are interested in seeing their business and the industry in a different light.

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