COUNT FINANCIAL

Financial planning

Count Financial is continuing to build its adviser numbers, this time recruiting former Fitzpatrick’s aligned Sydney-based StrategyOne....

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Financial planning

Four former IOOF-licensed firms, four of them Bridges operatives, have moved home to Count Financial....

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Editorial

If the Government wants the industry to pay for a compensation scheme of last resort then it needs to review and remove many other regulatory costs, starting with profess...

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Financial planning

Count Financial continues to be active in recruiting advice firms from both the MLC and IOOF licenses....

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People & Products

Henry Cai has been appointed as the firm’s new licensee systems training and support manager....

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Financial planning

Countplus has declared to the market that it has been sufficiently indemnified by the Commonwealth Bank against the growing remediation costs of Count Financial....

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Financial planning

A number of Godfrey Pembroke firms may be moving as a group to the new IOOF licenses but another significant firm has chosen to go its own way by joining Count Financial....

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Features

There is no lack of competition between licensees to attract good financial planning businesses, but Mike Taylor writes, the days of the deep pockets of the big banks are...

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Financial planning

In a significant shift amid the transition of advice firms from MLC Wealth to IOOF a key Godfrey Pembroke firm, Ascent Private Wealth has opted to break ranks and move to...

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Financial planning

Brisbane-based Cooper Reeves has completed a tuck-in acquisition of CBD Wealth, which are both member firms of CountPlus....

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Financial planning

Count Financial has announced that Sydney-based advice practice Small & Gunn has joined the group. ...

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Financial planning

Breaches of the Future of Financial Advice rules will sit at the centre of class actions being formulated against the Commonwealth Bank, AMP and Westpac and a number of t...

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People & Products

Count Financial has appointed Chris Burton as practice development manager as the business reaffirms its commitment to growth. ...

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Features

Mike Taylor writes that timing is everything and that while Westpac and ANZ have largely cleared their books of their wealth management businesses, the Commonwealth Bank ...

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People & Products

Phil Creswell has been appointed head of professional standards by Count Financial....

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