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Where to from here?

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2020
... work this year. It will also inevitably lead to a lot of clients losing access to financial advice." In May 2019, Radar Results data showed the valuation gap between high-quality practices and conventional businesses had moved from 0.5 times recurring ...

Radar Results hires Queensland manager

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2019
Financial advice practice broking firm Radar Results has appointed a new manager for the Queensland region. Susannah Hart is the new Queensland manager from today. She joined Radar Results in October 2018, working as a licensed business buyer's agent ...

Advice practice supply outweighs demand

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2019
... conventional practices is growing, with the sector quickly turning into a buyers' market. Latest insights from Radar Results show the valuation gap between high-quality practices and conventional businesses has moved from 0.5 times recurring revenue ...

Royal Commission sparks risk book sell-off

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2018
... books are looking to offload them now, save waiting for Commissioner Kenneth Hayne's final report. According to Radar Results, there has been a jump in the number of planners looking to sell risk books of between $100,000 and $200,000. This is because ...

More risk advisers offloading practices

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2018
... prompting risk advisers to hurriedly sell their practices at discount prices, a merger and acquisitions expert says. Radar Results principal John Birt said there are more risk insurance businesses for sale in the market now than at any other time he ...

Limited AFSLs like "part-time surgeons"

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2016
... financial services licences are like "part-time surgeons," according to John Birt, principal of advice M&A broker Radar Results. Birt branded limited AFS licenses "dangerous" and argued that in order for accountants to provide quality financial advice ...

New FoFA likely to increase advice costs

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014
... spend more time on paperwork and raise their fees charged to clients as a consequence. A survey by consultancy firm Radar Results found that 78% of the over 200 advisers questioned thought that the costs of providing financial planning would increase. ...

FoFA boosts advice business valuation

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2013
... South Wales. "Concerns around FoFA have not lowered valuation multiples and in some states they have increased," Radar Results principal John Birt said. "Earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) multiples have remained steady since FoFA was introduced ...

Accounting and advice practices likely to increase mergers

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2013
... and advice practices. "The accounting industry's foray into the planning industry is really only just starting," Radar Results principal John Birt predicted. "The accounting industry will fully embrace financial planners, taking over and merging with ...

FoFA could lock advisers into licensees for life

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2013
... concerning the grandfathering provision could lock advisers into their licensee's dealership for life, consultancy firm Radar Results said. Industry bodies are already lobbying for changes on the legislation, which at the moment states that if an existing ...