16 March 2010 | Incoming Count Financial chief Andrew Gale will continue the group's acquisitions drive in 2010, while also reassessing Count's stake in competitor DKN Financial Group.
15 March 2010 | Competition in Australia's banking sector remains a key concern for policy makers, Treasury secretary Ken Henry told the Count Financial conference in Canberra today.
15 March 2010 | Secret talks between Count Financial and Mortgage Choice about combining their respective mortgage businesses have been called off.
8 March 2010 | Financial services licensees are continuing to scratch their heads over a way to communicate the value of advice.
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23 February 2010 | Count Financial has lifted its stake in DKN despite the negative response to its earlier purchase of equity.
09:40 AM | Count Financial may have purchased a 5 per cent stake in DKN Financial Group, but that has not stopped DKN scoping out its own acquisition opportunities.
17 February 2010 | Count Financial has reported a strong resurgence in profit for the first half.
16 February 2010 | Senior executive at Deloitte Andrew Gale takes the reins.
15 February 2010 | The executive chairman of Count Financial, Barry Lambert, recently demonstrated the degree to which consolidation has become a
focal point in the Australian financial services industry. Mike Taylor reports.
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4 February 2010 | Count Financial has taken a 5 per cent stake in DKN Financial Group.
12 January 2010 | Count warns Cooper Review on unintended consequences of subsidising advice in superannuation.
09:20 AM | A New South Wales financial adviser has been banned from providing financial services for 10 years for advising his SMSF clients to invest in companies he directed.
14 December 2009 | It's time for the industry to evolve into a profession – and this involves more than simply removing commissions, writes Barry Lambert.
8 December 2009 | Countplus investee Lawrence Business Management (LBM) has acquired the accounting and financial planning assets of Lena Hilton (LH).
11 November 2009 | Count Financial reported its 29th consecutive profit at its annual general meeting yesterday, but the group has high hopes its stake in Mortgage Choice will produce a "significant turnaround" in results next year.
9 November 2009 | Long-serving Count Financial chief executive Marianne Perkovic has announced she will leave the group.
23 October 2009 | Count Financial has warned that any move to use super to fund policy objectives other than retirement carries significant risk.
22 October 2009 | Class Financial Systems to provide SMSF platform for accountants.
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16 October 2009 | Count believes its accountancy background will represent an advantage in any new remuneration environment.
1 October 2009 | Countplus takes 25 per cent stake in Canberra firm Achieve Corporation.
24 September 2009 | The advent of industry-wide fee-for-service could see many more accountants expand into financial planning, with the potential for accountants to promote themselves as long-standing fee-based practitioners.