Family Wealth Advisory

Tax changes are one thing. Knowing what they mean for you is another.

CGT changes may affect investments, trusts and broader wealth structures.

The key is understanding whether anything actually needs to change.

If you’re unsure, it may be worth a conversation.



𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘰𝘣𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴.

After sixteen years, we've changed how we look, not who we are.

Today we're launching the new Family Wealth Advisory — a new brand, a new logo, and a new website.

We started with a simple belief: that great financial advice isn't really about money.

It's about helping families make confident decisions, navigate uncertainty, and create the future they want for the people they love most.

Hundreds of families later, that belief hasn't shifted an inch. Our brand had simply stopped keeping up with it.

So, we rebuilt it around the idea that sits at the heart of the work:

𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵, 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆.

What hasn't changed: The same team, same values and same commitment to helping families live with greater clarity, confidence and freedom

To every client, referral partner, friend and family member who has trusted us along the way — thank you.

We've never taken that responsibility lightly, and this next chapter is built for you.

Have a look and tell me honestly what you think.

New Website: www.fwa.com.au

Thank you Toby Potter and IMAP - Institute of Managed Account Professionals for letting me share the Family Wealth Advisory story.

Thank you Toby Potter and IMAP - Institute of Managed Account Professionals for letting me share the Family Wealth Advisory story. | Michael Bova Thank you Toby Potter and IMAP - Institute of Managed Account Professionals for letting me share the Family Wealth Advisory story.

The market hasn't changed, our perception of it has.

Turn on the news and you'd think we're living through unprecedented uncertainty.

Interest rates. Inflation. Oil prices. Geopolitics.

The headlines are loud, but here's what fascinates me:

Behavioural finance teaches us that investors don't make decisions based on facts alone.

𝗪𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘂𝘀 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹.

And feelings are contagious.

That's why the most valuable investment skill isn't predicting the market.

It's managing your own behaviour when the market becomes unpredictable.

Because successful investing has never been about avoiding volatility.

It's about avoiding the temptation to do something stupid when volatility arrives.

Markets test portfolios.

Volatility tests behaviour.

And behaviour usually wins.



𝙂𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙡 𝙞𝙣𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦. 𝘐𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘣𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴, 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴. 𝘉𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦.

Good partnerships don't happen overnight.

Some of the strongest professional relationships are built over decades.

For more than 16 years, Family Wealth Advisory and Succession Plus have worked together to help business owners navigate some of life's biggest decisions.

We've shared clients, exchanged ideas, and collaborated to help business owners build, protect and ultimately transition the wealth they've created.

𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝟭 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁, 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗽 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱.

We're delighted to welcome the Succession Plus team into our office, where they'll be sub-leasing part of our tenancy and working alongside us day-to-day.

Led by Dr Craig West, Succession Plus is one of Australia's leading business succession and exit planning firms, helping business owners maximise business value and transition ownership on their terms.

It's a natural fit.

Around 40% of the families we work with are business owners, and succession planning is often one of the most important — and most overlooked — components of their long-term wealth strategy.

I'm looking forward to having Craig and the team just a few desks away and exploring even more ways we can help business owners, their families, and their advisers achieve better outcomes together.

Welcome to the family.

13 years. Wow.

Yesterday marked 13 years since Jessica Stevens joined Family Wealth Advisory.

When Jess started in 2013, the business looked very different. She joined in an administration role and, over the years, has grown into Practice Manager and my Executive Assistant.

What hasn't changed is her unwavering commitment to our clients, our team and our business.

Jess is often the first person our clients speak to, the person keeping countless moving parts on track behind the scenes, and the steady hand that helps keep everything running smoothly.

Over 13 years we've grown the team, moved offices, navigated market cycles, welcomed hundreds of clients and celebrated plenty of milestones. Through it all, Jess has been a constant.

On behalf of the entire team, thank you Jess.

Family Wealth Advisory is a better business because of you, and I'm incredibly grateful for everything you've contributed over the past 13 years.

Here's to the next chapter.

👏 Congratulations Jess.

If you planted a seed and dug it up every week to check the roots, it would never grow.

You know that instinctively with a garden.

We forget it completely with money.

We check the balance daily. We react to every headline. We pull things up, move them around, replant — and then wonder why nothing seems to take.

Compounding is the most powerful force in wealth building, and it only works when it's left undisturbed. Quietly. In the dark. For longer than feels comfortable.

Our brains hate that. We're wired to want visible progress now, not in twenty years. So we tinker — and tinkering feels like doing something useful.

Usually, the most useful thing you can do is nothing.

Plant well. Then let it grow.



𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘣𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴, 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴. 𝘉𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦. 𝘗𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦.

I still check the forecast before a weekend away.

And it's still wrong about half the time.

The forecast said the snow and winds would arrive on Sunday, but there I was on Saturday, halfway up a chairlift, wind howling and snow and ice blowing straight into my face.

Markets are a bit like that.

Day to day, they're moody. Sunny, then a storm, then sunny again — often for no reason you can point to. That's the weather.

Your financial plan isn't built for the weather. It's built for the climate — the pattern that holds over years, not days.

The trouble starts when we make climate decisions based on today's weather. We feel one cold morning and cancel the whole trip.

Most of what I do isn't predicting the forecast. Nobody can. It's helping families stay dressed for the climate they're actually investing in.

The forecast will always be noisy.

The climate is the thing that quietly gets you there.

My daughter thought an AI robot dad would be perfect.

For about 20 seconds.

We were talking about AI and joking about what an AI robot dad could do:

• Never say no
• Unlimited ice cream and
• Always do exactly what she wanted.

At first, she loved the idea, then she moved closer and said:

"𝗗𝗮𝗱, 𝗜 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂."

And in that moment, she answered a much bigger question.

AI may eventually give us almost everything we think we want.

But there is a difference between being served and being loved. Between getting the right answer and feeling understood.

The same is true in families, leadership and financial advice.

People don't just want information. They want someone who understands the fear behind the question. Someone who can listen, challenge, reassure and care.

AI will keep changing how we work.

But perhaps it will also remind us what matters most.

The more capable technology becomes, the more valuable human connection may become.

The hardest part of training for Saturday’s race?

It wasn’t the thousands of weighted chin-ups, push-ups and squats.

It was not being able to sit with my sick daughter when she needed me.

My first reaction was simple:

I’ve trained for two years, so I can’t risk getting the flu 6 days out.

So, I chose the race - for about 20 minutes.

And it felt terrible.

So, I went back, gave her a hug, and sat with her.

That moment reminded me of something important:

𝗕𝗶𝗴 𝗴𝗼𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗳𝘂𝗹.
𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲.

Sometimes the challenge is not the event.

It is the decisions the event forces you to make.

#murphchallenge #leadership #fatherhood #discipline #perspective | Michael Bova The hardest part of training for Saturday’s race? It wasn’t the thousands of weighted chin-ups, push-ups and squats. It was not being able to sit with my sick daughter when she needed me. My first reaction was simple: I’ve trained for two years, so I can’t risk getting the flu 6 days out. So...