![]() Kanika Sood Senior Journalist, Rainmaker Information Pty Ltd (at time of writing) Kanika Sood is a senior journalist at Financial Standard and the associate editor of FS Private Wealth.
KANIKA SOOD | FRIDAY, 16 APR 2021 Radek Sali joined the ranks of Australia's wealthiest when his former company Swisse Wellness was acquired. The family office investor talks to Kanika Sood on how he invests and the opportunities he sees in 2021. Read more KANIKA SOOD | FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2021 A fish-and-chip shop or an ASX-listed giant - businesses owned by families span the economy. They are often innovative but must look outside their expertise to grow. Read more KANIKA SOOD | FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2021 What can the next generation learn from a not-so-smooth succession? Anthea Hammon shares the journey of her family, who owns Scenic World in the Blue Mountains. Read more KANIKA SOOD | FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2020 Robert Millner exercises immense influence in corporate Australia as the chair of Washington H. Soul Pattinson. He speaks to Kanika Sood about what's next for the business and how his family invests. Read more KANIKA SOOD | FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic and accompanying volatility is forcing endowments to rethink how they invest, govern and grant. Kanika Sood reports on the latest in the sector. Read more KANIKA SOOD | FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020 Kumar Palghat made his millions as a star fund manager,
first at PIMCO and then at his Sydney boutique Kapstream
Capital. Nearly a year after announcing his retirement, he's
turning his investment prowess towards managing his
family's money. Kanika ... Read more KANIKA SOOD | FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020 With close to 60,000 kilometres of coastline and spots such as the Whitsundays and Hamilton Island, it's hard to fault an Aussie who has made some money and now wants to buy a boat. Read more KANIKA SOOD | FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020 Tabitha Lovett is a former lawyer and grant maker whom billionaires Marc and Eva Besen trust to oversee their family's philanthropic foundation. She spoke to Kanika Sood about her career, how Australia's philanthropic landscape is changing and the next ... Read more KANIKA SOOD | FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2019 It's been two decades since Stephen Hiscock co-founded an equities boutique in Melbourne. A shift in client base and investment philosophy over the years has resulted in many lessons for the SG Hiscock chair and managing director. Kanika Sood writes ... Read more KANIKA SOOD | FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2019 David Orford made his fortune with his financial software company Financial Synergy which reaped him $73 million when it sold about three years ago. He spoke to Kanika Sood about how he approaches investing in his personal life, philanthropy and his ... Read more |
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Skin in the game
CARMELO VIOLA
PARTNER, MANAGING DIRECTOR
VIOLA PRIVATE WEALTH
PARTNER, MANAGING DIRECTOR
VIOLA PRIVATE WEALTH
Viola Private Wealth executive chair, founding partner, and adviser Charlie Viola has worked hard to build his personal brand, and it shows. Viola's face is plastered across financial services media. This ubiquity, however, isn't without rhyme or reason.