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IRESS reports profit increase in Australia

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2014
... and provide quality delivery and support. The success of this strategy over time has underpinned resilient, recurring revenue," IRESS chief executive Andrew Walsh said. "Highlights included continued performance by our wealth management business and ...

AIA hybrid commission strategy pays off

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2014
... hybrid' program aims at making advisers less dependent on up front commissions and assists them with growing their recurring revenue. Through the program, advisers receive 90% upfront commission for new hybrid business policies submitted in the first ...

AIA pays advisers to move to hybrid commission

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2014
... insurance Damien Mu said that many advisers want to be less dependent on up front revenues, and "want to grow their recurring revenue." However, advisers are still being offered a 90% upfront commission for Hybrid New Business policies submitted in the ...

EQT reports lift in profits

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2014
... due to project initiatives and the investment in additional front end resources, there was a solid increase in recurring revenue which maintains the half year operating margin at around 26%." Killen confirmed that at this stage, the full year operating ...

Can cheap, high quality stocks can still be found?

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2013
The world's largest and best-known defensive companies may look overvalued but that doesn't mean investors should give up on finding quality businesses with predictable earnings and capital preservation potential, according to AllianceBernstein senior ...

Planning firms mispriced on knowledge blacks spots

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2013
... planning practice or client book is a multiple of earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) or a multiple of recurring revenue. Over the last three years, Wrightson said he has seen a significant range in these multiples for planning practices. "We are ...

How advisers can double their business value

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2013
... Centurian Market Makers' Chris Wrightson. Financial advice practices are typically valued on a multiple of annual recurring revenue with many institutionally owned licensees having a 'buyer of last resort' (BOLR) benefit in place for their planners based ...

Buyer's market for planning businesses: Radar Results

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2012
... year by Radar Results on the acquisition of financial planning practices revealed that the most popular size of recurring revenue sought is between $100,000 and $250 000 (39% of 2,488 respondents). Radar Results said that with the help of tripartite ...

Practices valued at doubled RR: survey

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2012
Most financial planners value a planning business between two and three times the recurring revenue and expect a claw back clause, according to an industry survey. In a nation-wide survey of planners, Radar Results found that the highest demand for ...

Financial planners reluctant to sell up despite uncertain times

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011
... said Birt. "For those selling larger financial planning practices, taking into account multiples of EBIT and recurring revenue falling, it's a buyers' market; however, if you have a small book to offer, then it's the opposite: a seller's market." Radar ...