Planners risk buying bad businessesBY RUTH LIEW | WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2010 12:40PMIt's a seller's market for financial planners looking to put their firms on the auction block - but adviser groups that do buy risk failure as many do not focus enough on their acquisition's investment returns, according to AXA. |
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It was during a family sojourn to the seaside town of Pescara, Italy, Rob DeDominicis first laid eyes on what would become the harbinger of his future. Andrew McKean writes.
