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Libertas Financial Planning saw its AFSL cancelled this month after the CSLR paid out compensation to a victim; details have been shared on the firm’s mistakes that led t...

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A dispute between Sequoia Financial Group and individual Tim McGowen has reached a conclusion, following a problematic acquisition of three companies....

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Advice licensee Sequoia Financial Group has announced a new chairman as the firm reshuffles following a shareholder dispute....

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Sequoia Financial Group has confirmed chief executive Garry Crole will remain at the firm until June 2026 but will work on a succession plan for his replacement....

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Sequoia Financial Group has announced it is restructuring its business following a shareholder dispute which will see it reduce headcount by 10 per cent....

Financial planning

Looking over the past five financial years, which advice licensees have demonstrated consistent long-term share price growth for their investors?...

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Sequoia chief executive Garry Crole is looking ahead beyond business disruption as the licensee receives a verdict from the Takeovers Panel regarding whether there was un...

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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....

Financial planning

Advice licensee Sequoia has revealed the outcome of its extraordinary general meeting where a group of shareholders sought to remove chief executive Garry Crole. ...

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Former dealer group Libertas Financial Planning has given notice to AFCA to cease membership of the body’s external dispute resolution scheme, meaning victims will no lon...

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Sequoia has delayed its extraordinary general meeting by one day at the request of the Australian government’s Takeovers Panel regarding an application alleging unethical...

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Sequoia has applied to the Takeovers Panel regarding alleged unethical practice by a group of shareholders seeking to oust its chief executive....

Financial planning

In an open letter, Sequoia chief executive Garry Crole has hit out against shareholders “with a personal axe to grind” as he fights for his job ahead of an EGM....

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Sequoia shareholders are due to hold a vote regarding the removal of chief executive Garry Crole and are looking to appoint the chair of a rival licensee in his place on ...

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Sequoia Financial Group has seen a top-level reshuffle as the chair of the board, John Larsen, steps down after five years in the position....

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