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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 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...
Financial planning
The Commonwealth Bank has begun the sell-down of its wealth management assets with the sale of Count Financial to associated and independently publicly-listed firm, Count...
Financial planning
A new whitepaper has predicted a further important convergence between accounting and planning as the exit of the banks and the impacts of the Financial Adviser Standards...
Financial planning
Professional indemnity insurance premiums are rising because fewer insurers are participating in the market and questions are being asked about whether small, self-licens...
Financial planning
The accounting and financial advice firm, CountPlus, has reported a net profit after tax of $2.6 million for the six months to 31 December, 2018, compared to a $3.3 milli...
Financial planning
CountPlus has acquired a strategic interest in the Victorian-based O'Brien Accountants & Advisors in what it said is the first of an expected round of growth transactions...
Financial planning
The accounting and advice firm network has delivered an average profit margin from its firms of 15 per cent for fiscal 2018, up from 12 per cent in the prior year....
Financial planning
CountPlus has finalised a new agreement with leading Xero Limited, under which all existing member firms will now gain access to Xero cloud software....
Financial planning
A merger between two NSW accounting and planning practices represents confirmation of the CountPlus “owner-driver” model which takes the firm away from holding a 100 per ...
Financial planning
Financial services group, Countplus has made a key appointment to its board as it pursues its two-year expansion and turnaround strategy....
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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...
Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...