Macquarie Private Wealth, the Australian manager, has hired 19 advisers across six states including four from Perth-based adviser Plan B, according to Investor Daily.

The wealth manager made the hires over the last six months. These include Michael Harwood, Michael Moursellas, Ryan Wareing and Andrew White in Perth. All four joined from Plan B.

In Queensland, Scott MacKenzie, Emmet Ryan, Matthew Cahill, Joshua Derrington, Ben Kirkegaard and Lawrence Williamson joined the company in Brisbane.

MacKenzie and Ryan specialised in Australian equities, Cahill and Derrington in asset allocation, Kirkegaard in high net-worth clients and Williamson in self-managed superannuation funds.

Macquarie Private Wealth also hired five private client advisers in Canberra. Paschal Leahy and Luke Furner specialize in defined-benefit superannuation, Bob Backer focuses on advising clients in the defence and public sectors about retirement planning and super, and Hena Power and Penny Ponder specialise in portfolio management and SMSFs.

In South Australia, Macquarie Private Wealth hired David Duncan to provide advice for business owners and self-funded retirees, and risk specialist James Inglis.

On the direct equity side, it hired Paris Magdalinos from Lonsec in Melbourne and Patrick Hunt from Lonsec in Sydney.