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Financial planning

Count Financial’s acquisition strategy shows no signs of slowing down, as the company’s equity firm acquires a $1.4 million stake in a Gold Coast accounting business....

Financial planning

A former Insignia advice firm Murray Nankivell, specialising in providing advice in regional South Australia, has joined the Count licensee. ...

Financial planning

Sequoia has seen a net loss of seven advisers this week, with Wealth Data founder Colin Williams describing it as a “rare” occurrence given the group’s strong growth in 2...

Financial planning

A Melbourne-based advisory firm formerly licensed through AMP has become the latest to join the Count network, while newly acquired Diverger has partnered with a fintech ...

Financial planning

The merger between Count and Diverger, first announced in September, has completed to create Australia’s second-largest licensee with over 550 advisers. ...

Financial planning

Inorganic growth is the trend of the day for licensees as multiple chief executives indicate how they intend to grow their businesses in 2024. ...

Financial planning

With Count’s acquisition of Diverger set to complete on 1 March, the firm will overtake Insignia Financial as the second-largest financial advice licensee in Australia....

Financial planning

Sequoia chief executive, Garry Crole, has ruled out acquiring another licensee to grow its numbers and instead hopes to benefit from advisers switching licensees. ...

Financial planning

Count chief executive, Hugh Humphrey, believes limited advisers providing advice at super funds and banks will benefit the firm’s business model by creating a new breed o...

Financial planning

The proposed merger between Count and Diverger has received court approval to proceed on 1 March, with Count chief executive Hugh Humphrey welcoming reaching the “huge mi...

People & Products

A Victorian accounting firm – in which Count holds a 40 per cent equity stake – has announced the acquisition of an accounting client book through a $1.4 million transact...

Financial planning

Losses at Count and Diverger, which are set to merge in March, have wiped out the double-digit adviser gains seen last week. ...

Financial planning

The financial advisory business has made its first acquisition of the year, with one of its Victorian subsidiary firms purchasing an accounting practice. ...

People & Products

Diverger shareholders have approved its merger with Count in a vote today, culminating the “dual growth strategy” pursued by the licensee....

Financial planning

Critique Private Clients, a Sydney-based advisory business, has switched from an Insignia-owned licensee to Count’s Australian financial services licence network....

 

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Squeaky'21

My view is that after 2026 there will be quite a bit less than 10,000 'advisers' (investment advisers) and less than 100...

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Jason Warlond

Dugald makes a great point that not everyone's definition of green is the same and gives a good example. Funds have bee...

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Jasmin Jakupovic

How did they get the AFSL in the first place? Given the green light by ASIC. This is terrible example of ASIC's incompet...

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AustralianSuper and Australian Retirement Trust have posted the financial results for the 2022–23 financial year for their combined 5.3 million members....

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A $34 billion fund has come out on top with a 13.3 per cent return in the last 12 months, beating out mega funds like Australian Retirement Trust and Aware Super. ...

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The verdict in the class action case against AMP Financial Planning has been delivered in the Federal Court by Justice Moshinsky....

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