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Where Larapinta Private appears in the press, and what we publish ourselves. Written by Troy Armstrong, for families who think in decades. Sent when there's something worth saying.
Trust tax: the election that asks families to freeze the future
Troy Armstrong on why the primary production exclusion is narrower than it reads, and why a farming family should settle the succession before it settles the structure.
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Don’t sell the farm: the risk hiding in most farming wills
An equal split on paper can force the sale of the ground a family farms. Troy Armstrong on the structures that keep the place whole and still treat everyone fairly.
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‘This will all be yours one day’: the empty promise destroying wealth
A $7.8 million farm near Albury heads for sale after an out-of-date will and a seven-way inheritance fight. Troy Armstrong on why a farm can be kept whole and the children who left still looked after, but only when the planning starts years out.
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Heart of Country Australia: footy, farming and community
Recorded at the Yarra Junction Football Netball Club. Troy Armstrong on succession, seasonal cash flow, wealth held in illiquid land, the transfer now moving through Australian agriculture, and why boring wins over decades.
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Australia's hidden farmland fortunes
Troy Armstrong on the wealth held in agricultural and pastoral land, running a treasury-style liquidity buffer, and the succession conversations facing farming families.
Watch on ausbiz →
New advice firm to service 'niche' agricultural wealth channel
A launch profile of Larapinta Private, built for regional, agricultural and pastoral families whose wealth sits in the land rather than the city.
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The biggest advice gap in Australian wealth sits on the land
On the launch of Larapinta Private and the largely unadvised wealth held by Australia's farming and pastoral families.
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Larapinta Private launches to advise the wealth locked up in Australia's farmland
The firm's launch announcement in full, as published by AdviserVoice.
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New advisory targets Australia's untapped agricultural family wealth
Coverage of the launch and its focus on the agricultural family wealth the major firms have overlooked.
Read on InvestorDaily →arcpoint OCIO scores more mandates, Larapinta Private launches
Larapinta Private named among arcpoint OCIO's new mandates as the outsourced investment office expands.
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Arcpoint OCIO doubles practice mandate
Larapinta Private among the practices engaging arcpoint OCIO for institutional investment capability.
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Picks, shovels and patience: a framework for global equities today
Troy Armstrong on Australian resources, global technology and defence, and why active management must earn its keep.
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Off-farm diversification while you still run the farm
Land is a fine thing to own. It’s a harder thing to own almost nothing else.
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We’ve just sold the farm. What should we do with the money?
The sale price is the number everyone remembers. It’s rarely the number you’ll invest.
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Does the 2028 trust tax affect a family trust that owns farmland?
The primary production exclusion is real. It’s also narrower than the headlines suggest.
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What happens to the farm if the will splits everything equally?
Equal looks fair on paper. On a farm it can leave the one who stayed owing the ones who left money nobody has.
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On the postcode of good advice
Good advice pools where the money is easy to reach. The infrastructure caught up a decade ago, and still nobody drove out.
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On staying close
In a calm market almost any adviser looks the part. You find out who was doing the work when the season turns hard.
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On the season after this one
Pessimism wears the suit of wisdom. A century of regional Australian families, and the numbers underneath them, say hope was the rational position all along.
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On the weight you don't have to carry
A market does something. The headlines do something with what the market did. The phones do something with what the headlines did. By the kitchen table it's a stress question.
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On the cadence of decades
Agricultural families live by seasons and generations. The industry that looks after their wealth runs on a different clock — monthly fact sheets, quarterly calls. That mismatch is structural.
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On the architecture beyond the fence line
Agricultural wealth gets built piece by piece — a super fund here, a trust there, an accountant who has been with the family longer than the marriage. The gaps only show when something forces them into view.
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