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Aussie’s newly-appointed chief executive Ian Corfield has spoken of his bullish plans for the brokerage and its brand.
Speaking to The Adviser, Mr Corfield said the brokerage has managed to recruit 225 brokers to the team over the past 12 months and Aussie believes it can improve upon that number over the coming year.
“We have enjoyed some strong successes over the past 12 months and we want to build on that,” he said. “I think Aussie can grow its broker numbers through a variety of ways. Obviously, our priority is to continue to grow organically. That said, if the right opportunity came along and we believed we could add to the new business, we would certainly look at it.
“We would need to believe any business that we do look at is not just the right price, but a business we can add to.”
But while Mr Corfield said acquisition would always be on the brokerage’s radar, organic growth in the business is the primary focus at the moment.
“I think the industry is on a trend to consolidation,” he said. “It could be that brokers vote with their feet and start walking into the bigger players and our numbers would certainly suggest that that is happening.”
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