Alliott Global Alliance

Considering Global Expansion?

We explore 5 essential strategies that can help guide your business through new market entry without starting from scratch.

coronavirus COVID-19

Two Steps Forward, One Step Back for Investors

Don't rely on predictions; plan for various outcomes over the next three years to avoid investment anxiety.

budget

Understanding Volatility in Your Business

It is important to identify and understand the causes of the volatility in your business and develop a plan to deal with it.

assets

Business Valuation. What Is Your Business Worth?

Building a business can be a long, challenging process. One way to assess how you are doing is to VALUE your business… and then try to grow that valuation. This keeps management on track and is interesting to sellers, investors or lenders. In this article, we look at how to go about valuing your business.

Investment

Tesla’s Rise Reveals Weak Points of Indexing

Index additions and deletions are typically a routine affair, but the recent announcement by S&P that Tesla would be added to the widely tracked S&P 500 Index stirred up quite a lot of attention.

competition

Business Resilience Understanding Your Market

Recent business conditions may have had a dramatic effect on your customers and competition. The change could be positive or negative, temporary or permanent. How do you know and what do you do about it? Leaders of resilient businesses are especially sensitive to market changes and focus on a few important questions.

economy

Yield curves

The financial media is currently full of gloomy-sounding references to ‘inverted yield curves’ as a harbinger of a global recession. In lay terms, what does all this mean and how should a long-term investor respond?

agriculture

Help for NZ financially distressed farmers

Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor announced a new debt mediation scheme that will help farmers in financial distress deal with their lenders.

cash flow

Financial Reporting

The quality and relevance of financial reporting influences a manager’s attitude to financial matters. Having a good understanding and good representation of the numbers helps improve decision making and boost business performance.

brexit

Investing to fit your needs and risk tolerance

None of us can control the news and the daily ups and downs of markets. But you can build an investment plan that fits your needs and risk tolerance.

asset protection

Big picture investing

Financial Adviser Michael Beech reasons why there is a lot to be said for stepping back and looking at the big picture when it comes to investing.

diversification

Gravel Road Investing

Structuring an appropriate portfolio involves making decisions. You need an allocation that can withstand a range of investment climates while being mindful of fees and taxes.