Major licensee Count has enacted its latest M&A deal, acquiring the accounting and audit client base of a Sydney accounting firm....

Count Gold Coast, an equity partner of Count, has entered into binding agreements to acquire clients of two accounting businesses, providing new opportunities for its fin...

An Adelaide-based financial planning and accounting firm is set to merge into Count Adelaide, aligning with Count’s ambitions to form a national footprint of scaled equit...

The financial advice market remains very fragmented compared to other industries, according to Count chief executive Hugh Humphrey, and licensees need deep pockets if the...

Count is looking to adviser recruitment, acquisition of financial planning fee parcels, and cross-selling to accounting clients to improve its financial planning revenue ...

Iress has appointed the former head of Count Financial to a newly created executive general manager position in its wealth APAC team....

Financial services consultancy Assured Support has appointed a new chairman to its advisory board, who previously served as Count’s chair and chief executive of the FPA....

Count chief executive Hugh Humphrey has provided further details on the makeup of the firm’s advisers following churn after the Diverger deal. ...

With two years as Count’s CEO under his belt, Hugh Humphrey takes a look back on how the firm has grown from its “subscale” position to Australia’s second-largest advice ...

An equity partner firm of Count has acquired a Victorian accounting and financial planning business for $2.1 million, following its first M&A deal in February....

With the end-of-financial-year adviser gains and losses finalised, how does this year’s movement affect the ranking of the top three licensees?...

Count has divested its Bentleys WA business for a lower purchase price than initially forecast....

Count has appointed Leah Hitchings in a newly created role of group head of brand and experience as the licensee looks to grow market share....

Three of Australia’s largest licensees saw growth in their financial advice numbers over the past week, despite an overall double-digit decline across the wider industry....