“Calendar 2018 was a year of increased transaction activity. With FASEA education standards now in place, an exam for all advisers by 1 Jan 2021 the marketplace for buying and selling of businesses and client books will increase in activity as buyers and sellers both showed interest in achieving their outcomes. The big unknown now is the longer term impacts on valuation as a result of the Royal Commission and an increased supply of sellers in the market place.”

– Tim Lane, Partner, Centurion Market Makers.