{"id":74737,"date":"2024-11-18T12:11:54","date_gmt":"2024-11-18T02:11:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/?p=74737"},"modified":"2024-11-19T14:04:52","modified_gmt":"2024-11-19T04:04:52","slug":"az-nga-acquires-sydney-firm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/2024\/11\/18\/az-nga-acquires-sydney-firm\/","title":{"rendered":"AZ NGA Acquires Sydney Firm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Professional services group, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aznga.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AZ NGA<\/a>, has acquired Sydney-based financial planning firm, <a href=\"https:\/\/strategyone.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">StrategyOne Advice Network<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Established in 1984, StrategyOne is led by Managing Director, <strong>Virginia Heyer,<\/strong> and Senior Private Client Adviser, <strong>Duncan Derrington,<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_74739\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-74739\" style=\"width: 153px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2024\/11\/Virginia_Heyer-e1731893710430.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-74739\" src=\"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2024\/11\/Virginia_Heyer-e1731893710430-249x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"153\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2024\/11\/Virginia_Heyer-e1731893710430-249x300.jpg 249w, https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2024\/11\/Virginia_Heyer-e1731893710430-349x420.jpg 349w, https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2024\/11\/Virginia_Heyer-e1731893710430.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 153px) 100vw, 153px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-74739\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Virginia Heyer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The firm specialises in wealth management, retirement planning and risk advice, and has four advisers, eight support staff and around 600 clients.<\/p>\n<p>AZ NGA says that alongside Heyer, StrategyOne has an impressive pedigree of founders including financial advice pioneers <strong>Venn O\u2019Neil<\/strong>, <strong>Linda Hogan<\/strong>, and her husband <strong>Peter Hogan<\/strong>, formerly Head of Technical at the SMSF Association.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chesne Stafford<\/strong>, AZ NGA Executive General Manager, says StrategyOne has a strong reputation for excellent service and advice, and a team of a dedicated, capable professionals.<\/p>\n<p>Heyer says the AZ NGA partnership secures the firm\u2019s ongoing success by adding scale and enabling it to invest in the next generation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is getting harder and more costly for advice SMEs to operate effectively so we sought a large, experienced partner to help future-proof our business and ensure a sustainable future,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStrategyOne has been around for 40 years and we want to be around for another 40 years to take care of our people and clients.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>AZ NGA\u2019s latest acquisition follows the group\u2019s recent strategic alliance with AMP and advice business services group, Entireti, &#8220;to create a compelling offer\u201d for\u00a0 AMP\u2019s financial advisers (see: <a href=\"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/2024\/08\/08\/new-amp-partnership-transforming-advice-industry-landscape\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New AMP Partnership<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Professional services group, AZ NGA, has acquired Sydney-based financial planning firm, StrategyOne Advice Network. Established in 1984, StrategyOne is led by Managing Director, Virginia Heyer, and Senior Private Client Adviser, Duncan Derrington, The firm specialises in wealth management, retirement planning and risk advice, and has four advisers, eight support staff and around 600 clients. 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