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Adviser numbers fall below 20k

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2021
... Planning) and Godfrey Pembroke - remain as is. IOOF splits its advice stable into three categories. Shadforth Financial Group, Bridges Financial Services and MLC Advice service high-net-worth clients. The self-employed segment comprises RI Advice, Millennium3 ...

AZ NGA acquires two advice practices

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2021
... Advisory (AZ NGA) has acquired two Queensland-based financial planning firms. Blue Harbour Financial Partners (formerly Bridges Brisbane Bayside) and Henderson Matusch Group brings the network to a total of 79. Blue Harbour, which was part of Bridges ...

AIA Australia partners with Your Wills

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2021
... Aruna Wickremesinghe said AIA Australia currently insures millions of Australians and the partnership with Your Wills bridges the gap between insurance, superannuation, Wills and Estate Planning for a comprehensive asset protection approach. Wickremesinghe ...

CountPlus member firm to make acquisition

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2021
... Planning, Glenbuckie, Aim Financial Advice and Strategic Wealth Management were previously operating under IOOF's Bridges and Executive Wealth Management Financial Services. Sydney-based Strategic Wealth Management principal Nicholas Moustacas said ...

IOOF licensees to take remedial action

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 26 APR 2021
IOOF will take remedial action to address deficiencies identified by ASIC within Bridges Financial Services and RI Advice Group. During surveillance in December 2020, ASIC found 15% of client files from Bridges and 17% of files from RI Advice contained ...

Dealer group GM exits

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021
... for one of its major licensees has been made redundant. Jason Kriss was general manager of alliances and distribution at Bridges Financial Services, a role he held for some time. A spokesperson for IOOF confirmed Kriss' departure last week, while also ...

IOOF firms abandon ship

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2021
... Planning, Glenbuckie, Aim Financial Advice and Strategic Wealth Management were previously operating under IOOF's Bridges and Executive Wealth Management Financial Services. Sydney-based Strategic Wealth Management principal Nicholas Moustacas said ...

IOOF to spend big on BOLR

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021
... $32 million on paying out Buyer of Last Resort arrangements with financial advisers leaving its network, primarily from Bridges Financial Services. At its half year results yesterday, IOOF reported an expected BOLR spend of $15 million to $20 million ...

S&P DJI ventures into crypto indices

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2020
... software and data firm Lukka, which will provide S&P DJI-branded and customised indexing and benchmarking solutions. Lukka bridges the gap between the complexities of blockchain data and traditional business needs, serving clients like digital asset ...

IOOF ups costs for self-employed advisers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2020
... acquisition of MLC Wealth will sit within the professional owned and operated segment of the business along with Shadforth and Bridges. "This will give us the opportunity to run 300 professional-services authorised representatives in the owner-operated ...