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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 ...

Reasons to cheer amid gloomy predictions

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2015
... will deliver attractive yield in a low return environment." Looking abroad will be another key trend in 2015. Lower valuations in the European Union and Japan are likely to attract long term focused investors, while "any stock exposed to the United States ...

Hedge funds were top alternatives performers in 2014

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
... of $742 billion in June 2014, up from $657 the year before. Growth in assets was driven predominantly by improving valuations of unrealised assets, Preqin said. Infrastructure assets are at a record high of $296 billion as of June 2014, up from $244 ...

Managed accounts boost advice business valuations

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2015
New research from Rainmaker reveals that managed accounts are not only enabling advisers to improve their clients' investment outcomes as well as boost their own business' worth, they are enabling new investment managers to enter the market. The research ...

Investors will need to be patient in 2015: PM Capital

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2015
... look out over the next 12 to 18 months for new opportunities in Australia, we're still finding it tough," he said. "Valuations are okay but they're not cheap. There doesn't seem to be any particular market - even with commodities having come down a long ...

FoFA opt-in to cause advisers biggest headache

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
... people trying to sell their businesses at the moment because it's going to have an impact. It throws a big cloud on valuations." David Rae of DPR Accountants and Advisers meanwhile said events in Parliament last night were dramatic, but in practice little ...

First State Super cuts investment fees

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2014
... its active asset allocation process. "The new process uses various economic and market signals to determine market valuations. Using this information, we 'tilt' our investments in a particular asset, within pre-defined ranges, depending on whether we ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014
... 5,382.4 points. NEW YORK - US stocks have sunk led by Apple's 3.8 per cent drop, amid a combination of worries over heady valuations and quarter-end profit taking. The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished down 264.26 points (1.54 per cent) at 16,945.80. ...

Aluminum windows and ferries: the case for small-cap investing

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
... the majority of the new opportunities," Smith said. "A further two stocks were bought on market at more attractive valuations after falling below the issue price," he added. The trust invests in companies with a market cap between $5 million and $50 ...

Partners Group fund added to major platforms

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2014
... are normally very difficult to access as they are not traded on public equity markets. Being private companies, their valuations are based upon underlying earnings and are a reflection of how the business is actually performing. Subsequently, private ...