Australia’s $3.9 trillion superannuation system sits at the center of the world’s most significant wealth transfer in history. With Baby Boomers holding 72% of household assets and $84 trillion globally set to transfer by 2045, artificial intelligence is emerging as the catalyst that will determine whether Australian families successfully navigate this generational handover or become…
Most Australian families now store their photos differently than they did ten years ago. Where photo albums once sat on shelves and film negatives lived in drawers, today’s family memories exist in cloud storage—Google Photos, iCloud, OneDrive, and Dropbox accounts that automatically backup thousands of images from our phones. This shift has created a new…
When John’s father passed away last year, the family thought they had everything sorted. The will was clear, the bank accounts identified, the house ready for sale. But three months into probate, John’s tech-savvy daughter asked a question that stopped everyone: “What about Pop’s Bitcoin?” It turned out John’s father had quietly accumulated $45,000 in…
The rise of Airbnb and short-term rental investing has created a new category of asset that many estate plans haven’t adequately addressed. Unlike traditional rental properties with long-term tenants and predictable income streams, short-term rentals operate more like active businesses, creating unique considerations for inheritance and estate planning. For the growing number of Australians who’ve…
When you think about estate planning, your mind might go to the family home, superannuation, or investments. But what about your Gmail account with ten years of family photos? The cryptocurrency you bought during the pandemic? Your online business that generates income through social media? This would be where digital estate planning comes in. Digital…
