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Discussing all things Wealth Tech. News and trends with great guests from all over the industry and the world. Keen to submit a question to our hosts? https://zfrmz.com.au/jQwb2EGV0Rv6HSWcDrFG

  1. 3 days ago

    BIG AI NEWS: Your Apple Watch is always listening. A nightmare of AI policies at work.

    Microsoft and Apple just made one thing clear: the future of AI is built into the devices people already carry, and that changes everything for advisers, firms, and anyone handling sensitive conversations. Danni Le Grande and Peter Worn break down two fast-moving releases that could reshape how meetings get recorded, summarised, and stored. From Copilot’s new ability to record in-person conversations inside the Microsoft work environment to Apple’s push into on-device transcription with the Apple Watch and a new foldable iPhone, this episode is a sharp look at where AI hardware is heading next. You'll discover: Why Copilot’s new “record the room” feature is such a big deal for advisers, accountants, and other client-facing professionalsHow Microsoft is handling speaker detection, summaries, and work-based governanceWhy Apple’s new recording features may push AI out of apps and into everyday hardwareWhat a $3,500 to $5,899 foldable iPhone says about the next wave of device upgradesWhy privacy, consent, and workplace policy are about to become much harder to ignorePeter explains how Microsoft is quietly closing the gap on the note-taking tools people already use in meetings, while Danni pushes on the practical questions that matter most: who was recorded, where the files live, and whether firms can actually govern this stuff once it leaves the laptop and lives on a phone or watch.Then the conversation shifts to Apple’s latest hardware play, including a foldable iPhone, financing on premium devices, and a new Apple Watch feature that can record and summarise conversations directly on device. That opens the door to a bigger debate about convenience versus consent, and what happens when recording becomes so easy people stop thinking about it. If you work in wealth, advice, law, accounting, or any business where meetings matter, this episode is essential listening. AI transcription is no longer just a software question—it is becoming a hardware, privacy, and policy issue, and the big platforms may be about to crush the startups built around single-purpose recording tools. Perfect for anyone trying to stay ahead of AI in the workplace without getting caught off guard by the privacy and governance fallout.

  2. 27 Aug

    🚨 Big news in the wealth tech world! 🚨 Vanguard is acquiring Altruist for $4 billion.

    The financial landscape is shifting, and in this episode, Danni Le Grande and Peter Worn dissect a landmark acquisition that could reshape the wealth tech industry. Vanguard’s recent $4 billion acquisition of Altruist is not just a transaction; it’s a bold statement about the future of wealth tech. Danni and Peter dive deep into the strategic motivations behind Vanguard’s entry back into the RIA space, exploring how Altruist has successfully carved out a niche in a market dominated by giants like Fidelity and Schwab. You'll discover: how Altruist’s innovative tech solutions, including their AI-powered tools, are transforming traditional advisory services into a seamless, tech-driven experience. The conversation takes a fascinating turn as they break down adviser reactions and the potential backlash against this acquisition. With Vanguard now positioned as a competitor in the advisory space, what does this mean for the independent firms that have relied on Altruist’s services? Peter shares insights on the cultural impact this acquisition may have on advisor-client relationships and the broader implications for the market. The stakes are high. Ignoring these developments could leave advisors vulnerable in a rapidly evolving industry. As technology and advisory services converge, understanding this shift is critical for anyone in the financial sector. #Vanguard #Altruist #FinanceNews #AdvisorTech #wealthtech

  3. 11 Aug

    The Science and the Art: How Rising Tide's Matt Hale is Building AI Into Advice

    What happens when a firm that's brilliant at the art of advice decides to get serious about the science? In this episode, Danni Le Grande sits down with Matt Hale, Managing Director of Rising Tide Financial Services, for an honest conversation about the AI journey his practice has been on, not over a few months, but a few years. Matt shares how Rising Tide moved from anecdotal, "in-my-head" processes to a documented advice methodology, and how AI Agents now sit inside that journey with one clear job each: file notes, intro-call coaching, implementation, and reviewing advice documents against the firm's philosophies and "Bible." Along the way, Matt and Danni get into the stuff that actually makes or breaks a tech rollout: knowing your own gaps ("I'm the best person to get something from zero to 80%, and the worst to get it from 80 to 99"), running an internal innovation month with a cash prize to build the habit, and the very real challenge of change fatigue. Matt explains why "humans dealing with humans is a recipe for drift," why AI feedback lands differently than feedback from a person ("AI doesn't wake up on the wrong side of the bed, and the camera doesn't lie"), and how he separates his Copilot Agents from his more philosophical "Projects." In this episode: The "science and art" of advice, and why most firms lean one wayUsing DISC and honest self-audits to understand your leadership gapsRunning an innovation month to make AI a daily habitGiving agents one clear task, not ten jobsAgents vs. projects: where each one fitsCoaching that doesn't sting, objective feedback from transcriptsReviewing advice documents against your philosophy with a traffic-light systemNavigating change fatigue and AI fatigue with your teamWhat to look for (and avoid) when working with consultants

    The Science and the Art: How Rising Tide's Matt Hale is Building AI Into Advice

  4. 29 July

    2026 Predictions: The Mid-Year Report Card

    How are our 2026 Wealth Tech Predictions actually tracking? Six months after dropping our 2026 predictions, Danni Le Grande and Peter Worn sit down for a mid-year report card marking their own homework on all eight calls, no cherry-picking. In this episode: The AI governance reckoning : ASIC's shot across the bow, the FPSB's new global CFP guidelines, and looming Privacy Act changes. Platform oligopoly why firms are going 95/5 with a single platform, and what "ecosystem construction" really meansDigital advice finds its audience the MUFG/Investream deal, the shift to chat interfaces, and why client-portal adoption is still stuck at a third of firms. Managed account players moving into licensee territory Evidentia, Encore and the rise of the "CIO" for adviceThe pricing "Australia tax" SaaS inflation, consumption-based billing, and the firm that burned a month's Cowork budget in four days.The global AI-first influx (the one they might've got wrong) BYO AI & on-device LLMs and Technology of the Year: Claude / Cowork. Plus honest talk on token costs, the coming AI bubble, and why your BS radar still beats the bots. Take the Finura Technology Health Check here: https://technologyhealth.scoreapp.com/ #wealthtech #technology #predictions #ai

    2026 Predictions: The Mid-Year Report Card

  5. 30 June

    Six Rules to Guarantee a Broken Industry

    What if you tried to design the worst possible advice industry on purpose? Pete Worn and Danni Le Grande run Charlie Munger's inversion trick over Australian advice, working through the six rules from Pete's latest Code & Capital: Make sure nobody agrees who the customer isInsert as many ticket-clippers as the law allowsRegulate the supply until it collapsesMake the living pay for the deadAppoint a dozen umpires who don't agreeDemand Ferrari software at Datsun pricesThe catch? Every rule is real, and none of it was built by a villain. We close on the only move left — subtraction — and what advice firms can actually take away to get better.

    Six Rules to Guarantee a Broken Industry

  6. 16 June

    Booed Off Stage: When AI's Cheerleaders Carry None of the Downside

    Two commencement speakers got booed off stage for telling rooms full of graduates that AI was an exciting opportunity. Danni and Pete start there — Gloria Caulfield, then Eric Schmidt — and ask the more useful question: what happens when the people most certain AI is inevitable are the ones who carry none of the downside? The downside lands somewhere else. On the graduate. On the PY advisers now vibe-coding their way to relevance out of pure job insecurity. On the associate half-joking that the file-note agent has already replaced them. Danni and Pete translate the backlash into what it means for advice firms: why "token maxing" measures inputs instead of outcomes, why the boss's behaviour sets the whole firm's relationship with AI, and what Finura's Tech Health Check data reveals — that the firms rating their tech change "very successful" have the weakest integration and advice-production scores underneath. Leaders declare victory; the plumbing tells another story. The takeaway isn't anti-AI. It's that you can be better than big tech: reinvest the efficiency in your people, not just the bottom line — and tread gently, because rolling out an agent is the same change-management problem as any big tech project. There are still real people behind the scenes. #wealthtech #technology #peterworn #dannilegrande

    Booed Off Stage: When AI's Cheerleaders Carry None of the Downside

  7. 2 June

    From APRA to ASIC: The Regulatory Clock on AI Just Started

    APRA's late-April letter on AI was addressed to Banks, Insurers and Super Trustees. It wasn't addressed to AFSLs — and Pete Worn reckons that distinction will matter for about six months. In this episode, Danni and Pete unpack Pete's latest Code & Capital on what APRA's AI letter signals for the broader advice industry, and what ASIC is almost certainly preparing in the background. They cover: Why AI isn't "just another technology" — and why deterministic thinking gets you into trouble fastThe four areas APRA put on notice: cyber, governance, supplier risk, change managementWhy boards are flying blind on AI literacy, and why the vendor lunch-and-learn is now a regulatory red flagThe fourth layer of due diligence no one was doing before — and why it changes everythingFresh data from Finura's latest Tech Health Check: only 57% of licensee-aligned practices run due diligence on tech providers, and 48.6% of practices admit they can't explain every app in their own stackClaude Code in production, frontier AI vendors that can't answer DD questions, and the systemic risks no one is mappingAustralia's surprisingly low AI trust scores, UHNW clients refusing meeting recordings, and what Scott Galloway calls "the biggest brand problem of any technology in human history"A practical, sometimes uncomfortable look at the gap between how fast advice firms are adopting AI and how slowly governance is catching up. #finuragroup #dannilegrande #peterworn #ai #technology

    From APRA to ASIC: The Regulatory Clock on AI Just Started

  8. 19 May

    How to Kill an Innovation Economy

    Pete's latest Code & Capital landed in inboxes the week after the federal budget — and his frustration was raw. In this episode, he and Danni unpack what the proposed capital gains changes mean for Australian software founders, and why the advice tech sector is uniquely exposed. CGT effectively doubling to 33–47% (versus 20% in the US, 14% in the UK, zero in New Zealand). A $5M exit going from a $1.18M tax bill to $2.35M. 27% of our labour force in the public sector — the highest in the G7. Pete declares his self-interest upfront: he's one of the founders this is aimed at. But the conversation is bigger than any one company — it's about who'll bother to build for Australia's 15,000 advisers when Silicon Valley won't, and when Singapore and the UAE are rolling out the red carpet. Plus: why the practice owners listening should think twice before haggling their software vendors on price, what offshore PE ownership of super admin tells us about the future, and Pete's wife Catherine's surprise cameo. A productive rant — with a constructive ending.#wealthtech #technology #federalbudget2026

    How to Kill an Innovation Economy
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    Finura Group
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2026
  • Episodes
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