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I recently attended and presented at the 2017 Company Valuations Conference in Auckland. Other presenters consisted of valuation experts with their own consulting firms. Plus law firms, business broking firms, accounting firms, Intellectual Property experts and even a speaker on the psychology of cognitive bias. During the conference I connected with some impressive minds. They […]

Bruce Sheppard, managing partner of Gilligan Sheppard, talks about 2018, the year ahead… What does it ‘feel’ like… no urgency, no real momentum either way and the river of life and business continues to flow slowly by. In short, the cattle are contentedly grazing. Life goes on, good, steady business as usual. A little bovine, […]

Getting back into work after holidays, especially such a long break can be hard! Especially when we are only two weeks in… you start to feel all the pressure, stress and negativity return. “Was my holiday long enough?” you ask yourself… Am I really needing to work? Why can’t I just sell up and minimise […]

Like most investors, we were experiencing a level of uncertainty about what the change in Government would herald for the property sector. So when we were approached in November about a new project in Queenstown with a new shared model/long term rental strategy we were interested to understand the key fundamentals underpinning the project. New […]

Yi Ping is a partner at Gilligan Sheppard who recently visited China. I stayed one week in China and three weeks in Hong Kong at the end of 2017 and the beginning of 2018, which provided me with plenty to think about… Tourism Every time I visit any touristy areas in China, I can’t help […]