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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
... 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 confirming the role ...

IOOF to spend big on BOLR

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021
... 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 for departing ...

Dealer group chief departs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2020
... included 12 years at AMP, two years at Australian Unity and six years as head of practice development and Bridges Financial Services. "I have chosen to seek out new challenges and career pathway, so I bid Lonsdale a fond farewell," Stephen said on LinkedIn. ...

Association of Financial Advisers bolsters team

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2020
... Karas had been with the AFA for almost two years, joining the association after a 20-year career with Bridges Financial Services. Garrard was previously learning and development manager at Aon Hewitt, where she spent more than eight years. Prior to that ...

Bridges acquires bank advice business

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2020
Bridges Financial Services will take over the financial planning business of a 140-year-year old bank. Following a comprehensive review, IMB Bank has announced it will sell its financial planning business to Bridges, effective May 1. The sale sees Bridges ...

New role for former ClearView executive

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2019
... including as head of partner support. Earlier, he was a financial planning business support manager at Bridges Financial Services. Crescere partners with accountants to provide planning advice to their clients. Rather than doing so on a client ownership ...

Dealer group acquires bank advice business

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2019
... An IOOF-owned dealer group has acquired Bendigo and Adelaide Bank's financial planning business. Bridges Financial Services has entered into a strategic partnership with the bank that will see Bridges take ownership of Bendigo and Adelaide Bank's ...

Fintech expands team for ongoing growth

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2019
... the last 12 months and expects the trend to continue, adding four new team members to assist. Former Bridges Financial Services head of stockbroking Nick Avery joined the business as head of equity solutions. He will be responsible for driving innovation ...

MGP chair steps down

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2019
... on 1 February 2014, the same date David Heather was appointed as chief executive. Sharp co-founded Bridges Financial Services and is the former chair of Investors Mutual, Global Value Investors and Premium Investors. Brook is the former chief executive ...