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Madison sale confirmed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2020
Madison Financial Group is set to be owned by Clime Investment Management, after a share sale deed was signed yesterday, as first reported by Financial Standard early this morning.

Calls for overhaul of AFSL system

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2020
The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) wants a professional registration for individual advisers to replace the current system.

Clime buys Madison Financial Group

KANIKA SOOD, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2020
The much-anticipated sale of Madison Financial Group was finalised Tuesday evening, with the buyer paying about $5 million, Financial Standard understands.

Advice job market not all doom and gloom

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2020
There are some bright spots in the market for financial advice jobs, according to Kaizen Recruitment, despite over 1000 advisers leaving the industry since the start of 2020 and only about 50 joining.

FASEA boycott sparks in-fighting

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2020
Suggestions from one financial advice association that advisers should boycott the FASEA exam has led to a call for associations to merge in order to better represent the industry.

Sequoia to acquire wealth group

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2020
Sequoia has entered an agreement to acquire a wealth group, adding about 23 advisers and $1 billion in funds under management.

Expats sweat as main residence CGT cut-off looms

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
Already facing a rapidly approaching deadline signaling the end of exemptions from capital gains tax, expats now face further challenges in selling their former family homes, with only COVID-19 to blame.

FPA confirms redundancies

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
The Financial Planning Association of Australia has unveiled its five-year plan, which includes redundancies.

IOOF to provide fee relief to adviser network

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
IOOF has announced a new initiative that will see its network of financial advisers offer free financial guidance to local communities until the end of September.

FASEA unclear why advisers are quitting

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2020
FASEA chief executive Stephen Glenfield has said it is outside the authority's remit to look into why financial advisers are exiting the industry in droves.