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Decline in practice valuations bottoms out

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2015
Financial planning business valuations have levelled off following a 20% decline over the last five years, according to a report from business broking services provider Centurion Market Makers. The report also showed that transaction activity increased ...

DomaCom appoints state manager

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2015
DomaCom has appointed Chris Benson to the role of state manager, Victoria and Tasmania. The fund manager said the appointment reflects the growing interest in its new Fractional Property Investment Fund in the southern regions. Benson has more than ...

Succession planning major issue for advisers

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2015
... over half of these practices are run by "indispensable" sole proprietors. "These are major issues," said Business Health owner Rod Bertino. "Only 9% of these practices have what we would class as a truly effective succession plan. 62% of these practices ...

Work harder to fight negative press: AFA

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2015
... executive Brad Fox at a recent Value Alliance event in Sydney. As an example, he noted that Houghton Strategic Solutions owner and AFA member Melinda Houghton's crowd-funded Positivity for Planners campaign, covered in Financial Standard on January 22 ...

Asset owners throwing money away in hidden fees

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2015
... performance fee, they may overlook how the performance fee is calculated," he said. Once Novarca has identified where an asset owner can shave costs it then acts to reduce them. "We are trained negotiators, much like the asset managers. Asset owners ...

Melbourne planner launching crowd-funded positivity campaign

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
... positive stories about financial planners. Spurred by negative press about the profession, Houghton Strategic Solutions owner and AFA member Melinda Houghton is launching Positivity for Planners to raise awareness about the value financial advisers contribute ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2015
... profit in eight years as the lower Australian dollar and improved market activity bolsters its earnings. GUD Holdings, the owner of the kitchen appliances brand Sunbeam, ascended 30 cents to $7.10 after it lifted its underlying first half profit by 16 ...

One third of first home buyers are investors

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2015
... proportion of FHBs who were investors was only 5%. North commented that while one third of FHBs are investors, the proportions of owner occupied home loans that are by FHBs vary significantly across the states. In NSW the proportion is 8%, in Victoria ...

ASFA outlines spending needs of nonagenarians

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2015
... the spending requirements of those aged around 70 who are in relatively good health for their age and who reside in their owner-occupied home. However, the different cost implications for older Australians who are less able to engage in the same types ...

Steve Tucker and Paul Heath launch HNW business

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2014
... new business.A We believe that a culture founded on the principle of partnership, combined with an opportunity to be an owner of the business, will be very attractive to those advisers who want to be at the vanguard of a new, respected direction for ...