<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Fabius]]></title><description><![CDATA[Empowering investors, owners and stakeholders with strategic insights and expert guidance.]]></description><link>https://www.fabius.com.au/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 07:24:06 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.fabius.com.au/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[What a Valuation Actually Tells You,  And What It Does Not]]></title><description><![CDATA[Getting an independent assessment before you engage with a buyer or a broker is not about producing a competing number. It is about understanding your own position with enough clarity that you cannot be moved by a confident presentation of someone else's number.

The founder who knows what their business is actually worth, and why, negotiates from a different position entirely.]]></description><link>https://www.fabius.com.au/post/what-a-valuation-actually-tells-you-and-what-it-does-not</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a28f915579005354aa074df</guid><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 07:01:53 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_c7374565fe3e494ead9468029d528dbd~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Founding Partner - Fabius</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a Dispute Turns on a Number: The Role of Independent Expert Analysis]]></title><description><![CDATA[Commercial disputes involving financial matters have a particular quality. The facts of what happened are often clear enough. What the parties disagree about is what those facts were worth, or what they cost, or what a reasonable participant in the relevant market would have known or done. These are financial questions. And the answer to them, in a court or tribunal, depends almost entirely on the quality and credibility of the expert who provides it.]]></description><link>https://www.fabius.com.au/post/when-a-dispute-turns-on-a-number-the-role-of-independent-expert-analysis</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a2903d1579005354aa087d9</guid><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 07:01:53 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7b1f8c_cd88538888e340b8ba28e7cd45cf570c~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_768,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Founding Partner - Fabius</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seeing the Forest for the Trees]]></title><description><![CDATA[There is a particular kind of exhaustion that comes with running a business for a long time. Not the tiredness of working hard, most founders are comfortable with that. It is the tiredness of being the person who has to hold everything in their head at once. The operational problems. The staff. The clients. The cashflow. The deal that is half done. The conversation that needs to happen but keeps getting pushed to next week.]]></description><link>https://www.fabius.com.au/post/seeing-the-forest-for-the-trees</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a28f388750b8b39abc25595</guid><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 07:01:53 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/601a6af8c44541c0a785579bc4f1dacf.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Founding Partner - Fabius</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Family Business Transition: Why the Hardest Conversations Are Never About the Money]]></title><description><![CDATA[The financial questions in a family business transition are genuinely solvable. Structure the ownership correctly. Agree on a fair price, or a fair mechanism if no price is being paid. Sort the tax position. Appoint the right advisers. These things take time and they require careful thinking, but they have answers. There are frameworks. There are precedents. There is a path through.]]></description><link>https://www.fabius.com.au/post/the-family-business-transition-why-the-hardest-conversations-are-never-about-the-money</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a28fce358283e3196fbccbd</guid><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 07:01:53 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_130b834f576f42dd9a1e8a12759c45ce~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Founding Partner - Fabius</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What the Market Hears Is Not Always What You Said]]></title><description><![CDATA[Category: Strategic Advisory | Investor Relations Reading time: 4 minutes Most management teams walk out of a results briefing, a capital raise roadshow or a strategy day believing it went well. They answered the questions. They covered the numbers. They explained the context. Then the share price moves in a direction they did not expect, or the book comes in softer than it should have, or a major institutional holder quietly reduces its position. The feedback, when it comes at all, is...]]></description><link>https://www.fabius.com.au/post/what-the-market-hears-is-not-always-what-you-said</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a29011c99361b5d20d65369</guid><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 07:01:53 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/68c25a2fb009425c92b2fe0c2364fb59.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Founding Partner - Fabius</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Founder's Dilemma: When Everyone in the Room Has Their Own Agenda]]></title><description><![CDATA[There is a moment many founders describe in almost the same words. They are sitting in a meeting room with their accountant, their lawyer, maybe a broker who came recommended. The deal, the raise, or the restructure is taking shape. And somewhere in the middle of it, a quiet thought arrives: is anyone here actually on my side?



It is not an accusation. It does not come with a name attached. Most founders push it down. They have trusted these people for years. They are professionals. They are h]]></description><link>https://www.fabius.com.au/post/the-founder-s-dilemma-when-everyone-in-the-room-has-their-own-agenda</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a28fb9e99361b5d20d64a21</guid><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 07:01:53 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7b1f8c_13271e18199c41e4bdc65590e18f6cb3~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_768,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Founding Partner - Fabius</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Investor's Blind Spot: Why Independent Due Diligence Changes the Outcome]]></title><description><![CDATA[Independent due diligence is not a desktop review of the information memorandum. It is a structured assessment of the investment thesis, conducted on behalf of the investor. Not the company, not the broker, not the platform facilitating the raise.]]></description><link>https://www.fabius.com.au/post/the-investor-s-blind-spot-why-independent-due-diligence-changes-the-outcome</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a24ee861f44c606b37abeea</guid><pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2026 04:18:40 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7b1f8c_a1998a07f99244648536e82b0a274251~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_512,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Founding Partner - Fabius</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>