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Financial Index offers $130m for Centric Wealth

BY ALICE URIBE | MONDAY, 13 JAN 2014 1:05PM

Financial Index Wealth Accountants (FIWA) has entered into an agreement to purchase advisory firm Centric Wealth, in a move that will create one of Australia's largest financial advisory businesses not owned by a mainstream institution, with more than $7.6 billion in funds under advice.

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