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Iress posts strong profit rebound, completes transformation program

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2025
Iress has reported a statutory net profit after tax (NPAT) of $88.7 million for the 2024 financial year, a $226.2 million turnaround from the previous year's loss, while also announcing the completion of its transformation program. The financial software ...

Svava makes binding offer for Selfwealth, BFG given deadline to counter

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2025
The bidding war over Selfwealth continues as Svava has officially put in a binding offer to acquire 100% of the company at 28 cents per share. The new proposal is a 12% premium to the cash consideration of the $0.25 offer from Bell Financial Group (BFG). ...

Cost-of-living continues to rock retirement confidence

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2025
... is important for Australians to "take action" if they would like to achieve a comfortable retirement. "Speaking to your super fund or financial adviser is a great place to start," Powe said. "People can begin their retirement planning journey by considering ...

Superannuation powerbrokers bound for US investment summit

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2025
... Superannuation, investment management, and banking leaders will descend on Washington DC and New York next week to showcase a super system poised to channel hundreds of billions into the US over the next decade. In a statement, representatives of super ...

UniSuper targets 'missing middle' with new digital advice offering

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2025
... very good employer. You need to respect the fiduciary obligations that sit with a professional adviser," he said. "For a super fund, it's a different employment proposition to what you might see in broader advice sector businesses that employ advisers. ...

SelfWealth juggles takeover bids

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2025
SelfWealth, the online trading platform, has provided an update as to the bidding war between Bell Financial Group (BFG) and Svava. In the latest turn of events, SelfWealth said it is "actively engaging" with Svava's proposal but reiterated that there ...

Multiple account bungle costs AustralianSuper $27m

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2025
... May 2023. Some 42,551 beneficiaries were affected. ASIC instigated action in October 2024, alleging that the $360 billion super fund's misdeeds stretched back to 10 years. AustralianSuper admitted that, between 1 July 2013 and 19 June 2022, it failed ...

SMSF Association names annual award winners

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2025
... score in 2024 for the SMSF Specialist Advisor accreditation program, and Ryan Ding, senior SMSF audit manager from Aquila Super, was recognised for achieving the highest examination score for the SMSF Specialist Auditor accreditation program. SMSFA chief ...

ASFA acts to remove First Nations access issues

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2025
... superannuation. The guidance note is developed in collaboration with the First Nations Foundation (FNF) and the Indigenous Super Working Group (ISWG) and aims to create a new standardised, culturally appropriate form and process for superannuation members ...

SMSF sector continues to grow

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2025
Self-managed super funds (SMSFs) traded more over the past year and the value of their holdings increased by 8.8%, according to the AUSIEX SMSF Under Advice report. The number of newly established SMSF trading accounts on the AUSIEX platform - across ...