1886 Consulting

What 1886 Consulting does

1886 Consulting is an Australian-headquartered professional services firm providing strategy, technology, delivery, and risk consulting exclusively to wealth and asset management organisations. Its client base spans superannuation funds, investment managers, financial advice firms, and insurance companies, with named engagements at Australian Retirement Trust, QSuper, QIC, HESTA, BNY Mellon, State Street, Aware Super, CBUS, and Woolworths Group, among others. The firm operates from Sydney, Melbourne, and Singapore offices with a curated team averaging 18 years of sector experience. The brand identity references Arthur D. Little, founder of management consulting in 1886, and the firm is ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certified.

The firm's core service portfolio comprises five practice areas: Business Strategy & Operating Model Design, Data & Technology Strategy/Architecture, Solution Delivery & Implementation, Governance Risk & Compliance, and Capability Assessment & Benchmarking. These translate into specific deliverable solutions such as member-centric data models built on Azure using event-driven star schemas, investment data governance frameworks, investment performance measurement solutions, and private markets operating model blueprints. Technology advisory focuses on cloud architecture (Azure), data governance frameworks, and enterprise data modelling rather than proprietary software products.

The business model is classic professional services: billable consulting hours and fixed-price project engagements delivered by senior practitioners, supplemented by retainer arrangements. Pricing is bespoke and quote-based with no standard published tiers, and contracts run on multi-year terms. Customer reach is substantial relative to firm size — 4M+ Australians invest with 1886's clients — reflecting engagement with large institutional super funds rather than transaction volume. The go-to-market is sales-led and relationship-driven, relying on case study content, direct outreach, and industry networking within the Australian wealth community.

Name

1886 Consulting

Legal name

1886 Consulting

Website

https://1886consulting.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

1886 Consulting is an Australian boutique consultancy delivering strategy, data, technology, and risk advisory services exclusively to superannuation, investment, financial advice, and insurance organisations across Australia and South-East Asia.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Wealth Management Consulting

NAICS

Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services (541611), Human Resources Consulting Services (541612), Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (523940), Management Consulting Services (54161)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Investment Advice (6282)

akta.pro primary industry

Financial Management & Performance Improvement Consulting (BPAHACAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Organization Design & Operating Model Consulting (BPAHAGAB), Organization Design & Change Management Consulting (BPAHACAD), Institutional Consultants & Fiduciary Management (Investment Consulting) (FSAAAGAJ), Risk Management Consulting (Enterprise & Operational Risk) (FSAEADAG)

Keywords

• Wealth management consulting
• Superannuation advisory
• Investment management consulting
• Data governance consulting
• Operating model design

Headquarters

HQ city

Sydney

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Management Consulting Services: Professional services delivered through project-based engagements and retainer arrangements. Services span business strategy, operating model design, data and technology advisory, solution implementation, and governance, risk and compliance consulting. Revenue is generated through billable consulting hours and fixed-price project engagements with superannuation, investment, and financial services clients.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

1886 Consulting provides management consulting services to Australia's superannuation, investment management, financial advice, and insurance organizations. The firm delivers business strategy and operating model design, data and technology strategy/architecture, solution delivery and implementation, governance/risk/compliance, and capability assessment/benchmarking services via curated specialist teams on a project or retainer basis.

Product overview

1886 Consulting offers a unified consulting service portfolio for Australia's wealth and asset management sector (superannuation, investment, financial advice, and insurance). Their core offerings include Business Strategy & Operating Model Design, Data & Technology Strategy/Architecture, Solution Delivery & Implementation, Governance, Risk & Compliance, and Capability Assessment & Benchmarking. These services translate into specific deliverable solutions such as Enterprise Data Platform Design (cloud-native data warehouses on Azure), Investment Performance Measurement Solutions, Investment Data Governance Frameworks, and Private Markets Operating Model designs. The company operates as a consultancy rather than a software product vendor, providing bespoke strategic advisory and implementation services through a curated team of specialists.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Business Strategy & Operating Model Design
• Data & Technology Strategy/Architecture
• Solution Delivery & Implementation
• Governance, Risk & Compliance
• Capability Assessment, Benchmarking & Research

Quantifiable outcome

• Member data model 2-3x the size of initial scope through identification of additional business requirements
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers26 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Casey Quirk (by Deloitte): Specialist consulting practice within Deloitte focused on asset and wealth management strategy, operating model and growth advisory. Closely comparable in target market and in advisory focus on investment management clients.
• Synechron: Financial services-focused digital transformation consultancy serving wealth, asset and insurance firms with strategy, data and technology services. Overlaps with 1886 on the data and technology strategy/architecture and solution delivery pillars.
• Capco: Global financial services consultancy offering strategy, operating model, data and technology advisory to banks, asset managers and insurers. Comparable in service mix (strategy, data, delivery, risk) and in serving enterprise wealth and investment clients.
• Alpha FMC: Specialist management consultancy focused on investment management, asset and wealth managers globally. Highly comparable to 1886 in domain specialization, target client (super funds, investment managers) and practitioner-led delivery.

Broad incumbents

• EY Australia - Financial Services: Big-4 firm providing strategy, risk, technology and transformation consulting to Australian wealth managers, super funds and insurers. Direct overlap with 1886's GRC, data and operating model work but as part of a much wider portfolio.
• KPMG Australia - Financial Services: Big-4 firm with Australian FS advisory covering superannuation, asset management and insurance on consulting, risk and technology. Comparable to 1886 on wealth and super fund advisory but offers generalist scale across multiple industries.
• Accenture Australia - Financial Services: Global systems integrator and consultancy with a large Australian FS practice delivering strategy, data, cloud and risk services to super funds and asset managers. Overlaps with 1886 on data platform and delivery engagements.
• Mercer Australia: Global consulting arm of Mercer serving super funds, wealth managers and insurers on strategy, investments, governance and operating model. Comparable in serving Australian super fund clients but offers a much broader advisory and investment product suite.
• PwC Australia - Financial Services: Big-4 firm with dedicated Australian FS consulting covering super, investment management and insurance on strategy, technology, risk and compliance. Competes with 1886 on enterprise-level consulting mandates.
• Deloitte Australia - Financial Services: Big-4 firm with a large Australian Financial Services practice serving super funds, asset managers and insurers across strategy, technology and risk. Competes with 1886 on overlapping service lines but at much broader scale and portfolio breadth.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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