The rise in interest rates is having a knock-on effect on financial advice M&A activity as buyers are finding themselves approved for financing that is up to 30% lower th...

HLB Mann Judd research has found IPOs raised just over $1 billion in 2022, compared to $12.3 billion in the previous year, with market uncertainty likely to dent activity...

Two cybersecurity reports have examined how well small and medium-sized businesses are prepared for cyberthreats, warning unprepared firms could fail to recover from an a...

Economic uncertainty is prompting the need for business owners to have their exit plans organised in case of future sale, according to HLB Mann Judd. ...

The initial public offering market has shrunk in the last few months, bucking the trend of high listings that the market has seen in the previous 18 months....

Trusts are in the spotlight as we approach the end of the financial year, with rules having recently been tightened for discretionary family trusts, writes Alexandra Cain...

What was traditionally the domain of institutional investors is now becoming accessible to retail investors thanks to lower fees and availability on platforms, writes Lau...

Transaction prices for M&A in the financial services sector remain buoyant, according to HLB Mann Judd, but targets are often reluctant to sell up....

One and two-year investment horizons are effectively redundant as the volatility of share markets smoothes out over longer periods of time, according to HLB Mann Judd Syd...

Last year was a bumper year for initial public offerings (IPOs) as the volume of activity increased by 68% in the second half of the year....

Small business capital gains tax concessions, writes Peter Bembrick and Katherine Lloyd, can significantly reduce, or even eliminate, the tax paid on the sale of a small ...

Average deal size in the first quarter of FY22 has risen from $42 million a year ago to $150 million, according to HLB Mann Judd, with the largest deal belonging to a fin...

It is “not a bad time” to sell a financial advice business as there are potential acquirers on the lookout for opportunities, according to HLB Mann Judd....

As initial public offerings recover after a slowdown in the pandemic, particularly in the small-cap space, funds are divided in their support of them, Laura Dew writes. ...