Spruiking From Across the Ditch
Strategic Insights Spruiking From Across the Ditch A message arrived in my LinkedIn notifications last week offering New Zealand property to Australian investors. Every factual claim in it was true. The investment still does not stand up, and the reason why is the...
SMSF Borrowing Rules Have Changed: The New LRBA Rules Explained
Strategic Insights · Market UpdateSMSF Borrowing Rules Have Changed: The New LRBA Rules ExplainedThe ATO published its updated LRBA guidance today. From 10 August 2026, new SMSF borrowing arrangements are limited to business real property. Here is what the...
New or established: the decision most investors make in the wrong order
ASPIRE Strategic Insights · Portfolio strategyNew or established: the decision most investors make in the wrong orderBoth asset types can build wealth. Both can disappoint. The difference is almost never the property itself, and it is almost always the strategy...
What investor sentiment is really telling you in 2026, and what it gets wrong about timing
Every year the property industry pores over investor sentiment data, and every year it draws the wrong lesson from it. Sentiment is worth reading closely. It tells you what is weighing on people who own property, and where pressure is building. What it does not tell...