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CFS prices advice practice valuation gap at $1.1m

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2025
Financial advice businesses have an estimated $1.1 million valuation gap, a new survey from Colonial First State (CFS) shows, as most advisers are not prepared for the planned and unplanned sale of their practices. The Hidden Value Report, produced ...

Trade war intensifies: China, Canada respond to Trump's tariffs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2025
... have escalated their own measures, restricting procurement from US suppliers, scrapping existing contracts, and barring US firms from bidding on new projects. Some have doubled tolls on US commercial vehicles, while others have ordered the removal of ...

Future Fund deputy CIO jumps to Blue Owl

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2024
Blue Owl Capital's hire of a top executive from the Future Fund has generated more interest in US firms vying for institutional business in Australia. Australia's sovereign wealth fund has confirmed the departure of deputy chief investment officer ...

CSLR legislation tabled, advice sector responds

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2022
The government has advanced its commitment to establish a Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR), releasing for consultation exposure draft regulations. The CSLR will facilitate the payment of compensation of up to $150,000 to eligible consumers ...

Connectus empowers advisers with Excelerate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021
International wealth management firm Connectus Wealth Advisers is set to roll out a new program aimed at increasing adviser efficiency, driving scale and enhancing the client experience and outcomes. Connectus, which is owned by NASDAQ-listed Focus ...

CountPlus expands network

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2019
CountPlus has acquired a 30% stake in DMG Financial Holdings. This takes CountPlus' network from 19 to 20 firms. Consideration for the investment is a cash payment of $2.891 million. DMG Financial is an accounting and financial advice firm based in ...

Chief economist update: Are capital markets the next Sino-US battleground?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 SEP 2019
... Officials are also examining how the US could put limits on the Chinese companies included in stock indexes managed by US firms." As a result, the Chinese yuan fell by 0.4% versus the US dollar and while the Shanghai composite index inched up by 0.1% ...

Australia ahead in gender diversity

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2019
... mining industry lacks in this area, but companies like Fortescue are a standout in the diversity space, she notes. Despite US firms publicly declaring a commitment to gender diversity in the last four years, research by McKinsey & Company found this ...

CountPlus resumes dividend payments

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2018
CountPlus reported its FY18 earnings as the business moves into the final stage of a two-year transformation period, resuming dividend payments in the process. In a release, the diversified wealth management firm announced it had resumed dividend payments ...

Focus Financial expands into Australia

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2016
Focus Financial Partners, a leading international partnership of independent fiduciary wealth management firms, has partnered with Melbourne based, MW Lomax, the first Australian firm to join the Focus network. The partnership represents a significant ...
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