FMP, PCA to merge
Melbourne-based Management Professionals Group (FMP) and PCA Financial Serv-ices have merged.
Melbourne-based Management Professionals Group (FMP) and PCA Financial Serv-ices have merged.
Operating under the existing FMP Group name, the new financial planning company will have funds under administration of $88 million and about 1000 clients.
Included among the services it will offer are lifestyle planning, specialist taxation ad-vice, training programs and superannuation expertise.
Business development manager Bill Featherston says the move combines the two companies’ skills sets, while, at the same time, adds scale.
“We are creating a high profile business that supports small to medium sized ac-counting and legal practices,” he adds.
New directors include Featherston, former Lonsdale representative Jack Pearce and part time lecturer and tax expert Alex Wong.
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