Monere kicks-off recruitment drive
Ipac-owned fledgling dealer group, Monere Financial Planning, has hired former Garrisons senior staffer Colin Williams to spearhead a recruitment drive to attract planners to the firm after having only signed-up one adviser since launching in February.
Williams joins Monere as national manager and has been given a mandate to drive the growth of the new dealership.
Ipac business partnering director and national head Suvan de Soysa says advisers joining Monere have access to ipac’s equity partner program for business succession planning and says capital may also be available for acquisitions.
“Quality not quantity is the emphasis for ipac,” de Soysa says.
Williams joins the adviser solutions team headed up by ipac’s Chris Wrightson, who incidentally has succeeded Alan McCormack who will soon move to Hong Kong to help drive ipac’s Asian expansion.
Williams will work alongside ipac’s national manager practice development Charles Blake.
At Garrisons, Williams held the position of regional manager NSW/ACT and prior to this was with ANZ Wealth Management where he worked as national marketing manager, field support.
Ipac is targetting its Monere dealership offer to advisers seeking a licensing solution, along with those wanting to focus on providing ongoing advice over transactional advice.
Earlier this month Monere signed up its first adviser — former RetireInvest proprietor Barrie Cooper.
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