COUNT FINANCIAL

People & Products

The new technology integrations will improve the back-end operations across its myprosperity, Astute Wheel, Padua Sorrento, Moneysoft and Iress platforms. ...

Financial planning

Affinitas Financial Planning is now Count Financial’s newest corporate authorised representative....

Features

Mike Taylor writes that the transition of Count Financial advice practices to a user-pays model has starkly revealed the degree to which the end to grandfathering has als...

Financial planning

Count Financial may have fewer advisers and fewer planning firms than in its halcyon days, but it has swelled the bottom line of CountPlus....

Financial planning

The Bushfire Recovery Line, 13 HELP, has received a $100,000 donation from CountPlus....

Financial planning

CountPlus chief executive, Matthew Rowe has confirmed an early 2020 end-date for Total Financial Solutions, with the majority of authorised representatives moving to Coun...

Financial planning

The firm looks to ensure all member firms fit into the “CountPlus family photograph”....

Financial planning

With the Commonwealth Bank’s planned exit from Financial Wisdom and the sale of Count Financial, all eyes have turned to the future of Colonial First State....

Financial planning

The Commonwealth Bank has confirmed its exit from Financial Wisdom at the same time as announcing an 8.1 per cent decline in full-year net profit after tax....

Financial planning

The firm will acquire Count Financial from Commbank for $2.5 million....

Features

Mike Taylor writes that new research conducted by Money Management has confirmed general acceptance of the convergence of accounting and advice but only on the right term...

Financial planning

With the Commonwealth Bank confirming via its Pathways exit its intention to exit its wealth management businesses over time, attention has turned to the future of Financ...

Editorial

Events over the past two months have revealed the number of commercial bets which have been placed predicated on the expected shape of the Australian financial planning i...

Financial planning

The degree of commercial pain being felt by financial planning dealer groups has been laid bare in the documentation surrounding the CountPlus acquisition of Count Financ...

People & Products

Lifespan Financial Planning has announced the appointment of Michael Gershkov as its new national practice manager....

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