CPL Group's Year in Review: Building for the Next Decade

As we step into 2026, it's a good moment to pause and reflect on the year that brought CPL International Group to where we are today — and what we're building toward.

The year in numbers

A quick snapshot of 2025:

• 500+ active clients across our three divisions
• $120M+ in loans settled through CPL Finance
• 47 properties acquired by APIG buyer's agents on behalf of clients
• $8.2M in tax savings delivered for our business clients (vs. their prior year liability)
• 97% client retention — the metric we're most proud of

These numbers matter, but what they represent matters more: clients who stay, who refer their friends and family, and who return for our second, third, fifth advisory engagement. Long-term relationships are the only thing that really measures whether the work is good.

Team additions

We grew the team by four in 2025:

• Two CPA-qualified senior accountants in TaxWin, strengthening our SMSF and international tax capability
• A senior buyer's agent at APIG with 12+ years of Sydney market experience
• A new client services lead focused entirely on responsiveness and onboarding

If you've contacted us this year and noticed the response time is faster than ever — that's not an accident.

New: our digital platform

Long-time clients know we've been overdue for a website refresh. The new cplinternationalgroup.com.au launches with three things we've wanted for years:

1. A real blog — practical guidance from our advisors, like the EOFY tax piece and finance articles you might have already read
2. Live property listings — APIG's current opportunities visible in real-time, no more emailing PDFs
3. A streamlined client experience — one inquiry form, routed to the right specialist within one business day

This platform is the foundation. Over 2026 we'll be adding:

• Bilingual (English / 中文) support — already serving our diverse client base, now reflected on the platform itself
• Online consultation booking
• A client portal for document downloads and tax return status
• Educational tools — mortgage and tax calculators built around Australian rules

What's driving 2026

Three themes for the year ahead:

1. Integrated advice as the differentiator

The advisory market is increasingly commoditised on individual services — every accountant has a CPA, every broker has a panel of lenders, every buyer's agent claims market knowledge. What's hard to replicate is integration. When a property purchase, the loan structure, and the tax position all need to align, having three siloed advisors costs you money and creates risk.

We continue to be one of the few Sydney advisories where TaxWin, APIG, and CPL Finance work as one team on the same client problems. That's the bet, and 2025 results suggest it's the right one.

2. Serving Sydney's diverse community

Roughly 40% of our active clients are Mandarin-speaking. Many are first-generation migrants navigating Australian tax law, property investment rules, and lending criteria for the first time. The bilingual platform launch isn't a marketing tactic — it's a recognition that our clients deserve advice in the language they think in.

3. Investment in technology that genuinely serves clients

Most "fintech" replaces advice with software, then charges for software. We think the model is backwards: software should make the advisor more effective, not replace the relationship. The tools we'll launch in 2026 (calculators, document portal, booking system) all reduce friction in working with us — they don't replace the conversation.

Thank you

To the 500+ clients who continue to trust us with your tax, property, and finance decisions: thank you. Every milestone in this post traces back to a referral, a recommendation, or a quiet vote of confidence from someone who came back the next year.

If 2026 is the year you're considering tax planning, a property purchase, or a refinancing decision — we'd love to talk.

— The CPL Group team