Thaveesh Palapathwala

Most high-income Australians built their 2025 financial plans around a story that has since reversed. Through last year, the Reserve Bank cut three times and the consensus was that borrowing would keep getting cheaper. That story is dead. The RBA has now raised the cash rate three times in 2026, to 4.35%, fully unwinding last […]

There are a few weeks left in the 2025-26 financial year, and for high-income earners the window to do anything useful about your tax closes on 30 June. After that you are reporting history, not shaping it. Most years that deadline is routine. This year it sits in front of a real shift. Division 296, […]

Three months ago, we wrote about AI transforming wealth management. Since then, the technology hasn’t slowed. It’s accelerated. What was emerging in February 2026 is now deployed. What was experimental is now standard practice at leading firms. What was “coming soon” is here. The gap between advisers using AI effectively and advisers still working manually […]

June 30 is the biggest deadline in Australian wealth management. Not because it’s complicated. Because it’s final. Miss June 30, and you can’t make 2025-26 super contributions. Can’t claim 2025-26 deductions. Can’t implement strategies that could have saved $20,000, $50,000, or even $100,000 in tax. High-income Australians face the highest marginal tax rates (47% over […]

The Federal Budget 2026-27 delivered on 12 May 2026 represents the most significant change to property investment taxation in decades. Negative gearing will be restricted to new builds only from 1 July 2027. The capital gains tax (CGT) discount is being replaced with an inflation-based model. Discretionary trust distributions face a minimum 30% tax from […]

You’ve got $100,000 to invest. Your instinct says property deposit. Everyone around you is buying second, third investment properties. Property feels tangible, controllable, real. But the mathematics tell a different story. That $100,000 in super contributions over your career, compounding at 15% tax instead of 47% tax, will likely deliver double the after-tax wealth of […]