Sale of Madison OneVue’s next priority


OneVue has sold down its holding in Sequoia Financial Group and has announced the sale of Madison Financial Group as its next sale priority.
The company announced to the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) that the Sequoia stake had been sold for net proceeds of $4.36 million.
“The next priority is the sale of OneVue’s 100% secured interest in the Madison Financial Group,” it said.
The announcement quoted OneVue managing director, Connie Mckeage as stating that the company was working closely with the Madison leadership team to provide them with the necessary support to ensure that the advisers could continue servicing clients without disruption.
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