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Selfwealth shareholders resoundingly greenlight takeover proposal

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2025
... Selfwealth shareholders approved the investment platform's acquisition by Singaporean digital wealth manager Syfe Group's holding company Svava on Tuesday. Of those who voted, 99.7% were in favour of the proposed offer, which will see shareholders receive ...

Iress offloads QuantHouse

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2025
... data business QuantHouse for €17.5 million ($31.4m) at a 45% discount to what it acquired it for in 2019. BAHA Tech Holding AG is set to take over Iress' European market data and trading infrastructure business under a binding share sale and purchase ...

ECCM recruits operating chief

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2025
... Morgan banker Simone Haslinger as chief executive in January. At Bank of America, Xu oversaw operations in Hong Kong after holding senior positions at HSBC and Deutsche Bank. Haslinger welcomed Xu to the team, highlighting her extensive expertise in ...

Challenger posts mixed Q3 FY25 result

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2025
Challenger saw strong growth in annuity sales but its assets and funds under management fell in the third quarter of FY25. Challenger's funds under management were $115.2 billion, a $5.9 billion drop, mainly due to negative market movements, but also ...

DII drives life insurance disputes: APRA

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2025
... with 20.3% and AIA Australia with 23.2%. About 89,000 non-advised customers paid $154 million in DII premiums, with TAL holding 49.1% of this market.

ANSC's Australian Food & Agriculture takeover tanks

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2025
Agriculture & Natural Solutions Acquisition Corporation's (ANSC) bid to acquire the Bell family and Alastair Provan-owned Australian Food & Agriculture Company (AFA) for $780 million fell through. Nasdaq-listed ANSC, a special purpose acquisition company ...

Global investor services group enters Australia

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2025
Global investor services firm IQ-EQ has entered the Australian market with the acquisition of AMAL Group - a provider of corporate trust, agency services and loan servicing solutions. The strategic acquisition of AMAL Group includes AMAL Asset Management ...

Acadian AM launches EM equity fund

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2025
... of companies with returns closely linked to local influences. "This fund has been designed to be a core emerging market holding, due to its high stock diversity, multifactor approach, and low stock-specific risk profile," he said. "It could also be a ...

Webull launches SMSF account offering

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2025
Webull Securities Australia has launched a self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) account offering, targeting cost-conscious younger investors. Webull's SMSF offering has no monthly fees and features commission-free trading on ASX and US-listed exchange-traded ...

GSFM, Munro branch out to New Zealand

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2025
GSFM affiliate Munro Partners' Global Growth Climate Leaders Fund has entered the New Zealand market. The fund, which was spawned from the Munro Climate Change Leaders Fund, has been set up as a portfolio investment entity (PIE) for Kiwi wholesale ...