# Strategic Scaling Up: How Calder Wealth Joined Forces with Coastal Advice Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-trusted-adviser-7062717/strategic-scaling-up-how-calder-wealth-joined-forces-with-coastal-advice Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-trusted-adviser-7062717/strategic-scaling-up-how-calder-wealth-joined-forces-with-coastal-advice.md Podcast: [The Trusted Adviser](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-trusted-adviser-7062717) Published: 2025-09-11T15:59:00+00:00 Episode link: https://thetrustedadviser.podbean.com/e/strategic-scaling-up-how-calder-wealth-joined-forces-with-coastal-advice/ Audio file: https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/qnqay4e4v3artejs/The_Trusted_Adviser_Podcast_-_Ben_Calderay9ot.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-trusted-adviser-7062717/episodes/strategic-scaling-up-how-calder-wealth-joined-forces-with-coastal-advice Duration seconds: 2215 ## Resource In this episode of The Trusted Adviser, Rob Pyne speaks with Ben Calder, Managing Director of Calder Wealth Management, about the recent merger with Coastal Advice Group. Ben shares the backstory of how years of collaboration and cultural alignment with Dan Brown led to one of Australia’s fastest-growing financial advice businesses. They discuss the role Merchant Investment Management played in bringing the deal to life, the challenges of integration, and the opportunities the merger creates for clients, staff, and the future of the business ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-trusted-adviser-7062717/episodes/strategic-scaling-up-how-calder-wealth-joined-forces-with-coastal-advice/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-trusted-adviser-7062717/strategic-scaling-up-how-calder-wealth-joined-forces-with-coastal-advice.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.