The term 'Glass Ceiling' is one with wide currency. A Google search of the term delivers over 50 million results. Yet oddly, amongst these, the Oxford Dictionary defines the Glass Ceiling as "an unacknowledged barrier to advancement in ... Read more

Investors often wish to distill the idea of risk into a checklist of financial equations and Greek alphabetical letters, with a view of quantifying the unquantifiable. Risk is popularly defined using financial jargon such as value at risk, volatility ... Read more

Investors often wish to distill the idea of risk into a checklist of financial equations and Greek alphabetical letters, with a view of quantifying the unquantifiable. Risk is popularly defined using financial jargon such as value at risk, volatility ... Read more

With higher fees, lower liquidity and ever-transforming risk profiles, traditional hedge fund strategies are attractive to only a handful of institutional investors. But with fixed income markets serving up negative real returns, the retail market is ... Read more

"What counts, in the long run, is not what you read; it is what you sift through your own mind; it is the ideas and impressions that are aroused in you by your reading" ? Eleanor Roosevelt Read more

Private ancillary funds, or PAFs, started life as part of a Howard government response to improve philanthropy in Australia. Since the first funds were established in June 2001, the number of PAFs has now grown to over 1,200 as of the end of 2014, with ... Read more

In an Australian first, Future Generation Global Investment Company Limited (FGG) will provide investors with access to Australia's best global fund managers, who have agreed to work pro bono, alongside the board of directors, and leading service pr ... Read more

For some, charitable giving is part of a lifelong mission to help others and goes far beyond donating clothes or making small, one-off donations to support a favourite cause. For these people, charitable giving can form an integral part of their investments ... Read more

Developing a comprehensive and well-thoughtout estate plan is the only way of ensuring someone's wishes are carried out after their death but too many people are still getting it wrong. Read more

Typing "succession planning" into Google will generate approximately 8.1 million search results. Obviously, there is a high level of interest in the topic, both from the baby boomer generation looking to transfer wealth to the next generation ... Read more

A family business is a journey - challenging, rewarding and often unpredictable. Should you decide to sell the business - often a daunting decision - careful planning and skilled execution are required to ensure a successful outcome. Read more

Visit Shibuya Crossing in Japan, or Times Square in New York and it's overbearing: bright billboards fighting for attention. But for all the ubiquity of brands, many people would be hard pressed to give a concise definition of what exactly branding ... Read more

From working alongside yachtsman Iain Murray to senior executive and advisory board memberof the Oatley Family Office, Melissa James has become an expert in the business of family. Now she has been challenged with the task to lead the Australian expansion ... Read more

I am often struck by how overwhelmed families are by the complexity and sense of burden that comes with managing wealth across generations. Whether they have taken on the responsibility for self-managing all of their affairs directly, or coordinating ... Read more