Count formalises move on Lonsdale
Count Financial has moved to acquire Lonsdale Financial Group.
Count announced an indicative offer to acquire Lonsdale in an announcement released on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) today.
The ASX statement said that Count regarded Lonsdale as a quality, long-established and largely accounting-based group that would extend Count’s coverage of the independent accounting and financial planning profession.
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