Welcome to Capricorn Investment Partners
Fee for service financial advice for individuals, small business, government and non-profits
Capricorn Investment Partners Limited is an independently owned boutique financial planning firm which specialises in providing tailored financial and investment advice for individuals and small business.
CIPL's strengths lie in the quality of our personalised service and in the expertise of our professional staff.
We are committed to work in partnership with our clients and we manage their affairs diligently, and with integrity. After a careful analysis of your financial situation we can assist you to develop strategies to meet your current and future needs.
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Cold Comfort
21/07/2010 11:02:54 AM
CQ’s future lies in dispensing with wrongheaded ideas and embracing a positive social attitude. Let’s recognise that we are a service town, and regain excellence in that. I say those holding us back have had their turn. Once on our way and not before, we can launch a new slogan – “CQ. It’s Hot!”
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Succession Planning for your future
12/07/2010 8:49:30 AM
Involuntary incapacitation can be dealt with through a specially prepared life insurance plan so that the business can continue to run, or to purchase shares from the owners if the business must close. But what of pre-determined retirement? A business with free cash flow will probably have value - the trick lies in structuring it properly.
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A Positive Social Attitude
12/07/2010 8:28:42 AM
In this week’s State Budget, more than $5.1 million is being directed at indigenous people and other disadvantaged groups in Rockhampton. Specific programs included $512,061 to prevent substance abuse, and $1.31 million for a diversionary centre as an alternative for police custody. As noble as these endeavours are, they should elicit sadness and anger.
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2050 The New Town Dream
17/05/2010 10:30:23 AM
The suggestion of a “new town” to accommodate the influx of people that some expect from the mining and gas boom smacks of being dreamt up by people who don’t know the history of urban development in contemporary Australia. Once home to Queensland’s second largest city, our region’s struggle to keep up, is perhaps more a matter of culture than ability. Some civic leaders expound the region’s natural position with respect to the resources boom, but most development of new mines is much nearer Mackay.
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Ripoll on the water
16/03/2010 3:24:07 PM
Despite frequent bad press, financial advisors are going to become more, not less, important to people. The advisors will cover all types of personal finance and act as a hub between accountants, solicitors, Centrelink, superannuation and small business. They will provide broad, tailored advice on all these matters, drawing on particular expertise as required. They will charge a fee for service, based on the workload, for managing these things.