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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...
Financial planning
AZ NGA chief executive, Paul Barrett, has shared why financial advice firms have become more valuable to acquire in the five years since the Hayne royal commission and wh...
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...
Superannuation
Money Management explores four key superannuation fund mergers expected to finalise this year, including two mergers with Australian Retirement Trust. ...
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....
People & Products
Link Group is the target of an acquisition bid by Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation as the firm seeks greater access to Australia’s superannuation funds....
Features
2023 has been a year of mergers and acquisitions for licensees as firms take advantage of the improved landscape for financial advisers. ...
Financial planning
With a move towards servicing high-net-worth investors who are seeking a professional network, accountants and financial planners are working closer than ever before and ...
Financial planning
Sequoia has made a $2 million acquisition as it expands its product offering to deliver professional services to advisers....
Funds management
Perpetual has rejected a $3 billion acquisition bid from Washington H. Soul Pattinson (WHSP) as it announces a strategic review of its company....
Financial planning
This CEO believes an “army of large, corporatised super firms” is the future of financial advice as he feels small-to-medium practices struggle to offer a compelling advi...
Financial planning
The NSW advice firm has acquired two advisory practices in Adelaide and one in Port Macquarie, representing its ambitious growth plans to expand across Australia....
Financial planning
The Perth-based wealth management firm is seeking to expand into eastern states next year as well as strengthen its presence in its home state of Western Australia....
Financial planning
WT Financial Group managing director, Keith Cullen, believes the current M&A activity in financial advice is long overdue, having been accused of “running into a burning ...
Funds management
Pacific Current Group has scrapped its plans to be acquired after bids with GQG and Regal Partners both fell through. ...
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