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Second bidder enters SelfWealth takeover talks

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2024
... takeover of SelfWealth heats up as AxiCorp Financial Services attempts to ensnare the trading platform from Bell Financial Group (BFG). AxiCorp has lobbed a bid of 23 cents per SelfWealth share, one cent more than what BFG proposed on Wednesday. Global ...

Bell Financial Group bids $51m for SelfWealth

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2024
Bell Financial Group (BFG) is proposing to acquire SelfWealth for $51 million in a deal which both parties find "compelling." BFG said in offering 22 cents for each SelfWealth security, shareholders of the trading platform "will benefit through increased ...

SPAC acquires Australian Food & Agriculture

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2024
... AFA has returned 16% annually on average. Bell Group Holdings (BGH), which is the parent company of Bell Financial Group (BFG), Bell Securities, and Bell Asset Management, has about 66% interest in AFA. Former BFG chair Provan, the late Colin Bell's ...

Bell FG announces leadership shakeup

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2023
Arnie Selvarajah and Dean Davenport will become the new co-chief executives of Bell Financial Group (BFG), while executive chair Alastair Provan retires. Selvarajah has been the chief executive of BFG group subsidiary, Third Party Platform (Bell Direct) ...

New chief technology officer for Bell Financial Group

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2021
Bell Financial Group (BFG) has announced the appointment of Joe Tillig to the newly created role of chief technology officer Tillig will focus on strategically aligning technology across the group, which includes Bell Potter, Bell Commodities, Bell ...

Macquarie Equities awards back-office mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2021
... Bell Potter Securities since November 2020; it operates under the brands Bell Direct, Desktop Broker and Bell Potter Online. BFG completed its takeover of TPP in early 2019, paying about $36.9 million to acquire the remaining stake. TPP chief executive ...

FASEA compliance has silver lining

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019
... to a speaker at the FPA Congress. In a session about being a good corporate citizen, Suzanne Haddan, managing director of BFG Financial Services shared how advisers can approach the workload of FASEA compliance to their benefit. "At the risk of upsetting ...

Platform acquisition boosts Bell Financial results

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2019
... brokerage services of $112.9 million and driven mainly by retail clients ($94.3m). NPAT jumped 20% to $24.7 million year on year. BFG completed its full acquisition of Third Party Platform (TPP), raising its ownership from 56.63% to 100% in July last ...

Bell Financial expects solid H1 profits

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2018
... received SEC approval and has submitted its Financial Industry Regulatory Austhority (FINRA) membership agreement. For 2015, BFG reported a before-tax earnings increase of 165%.

Advisers to consult on ASIC's behalf

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAR 2017
... Gillett, Retirewell Financial Planning Adam Goldstien, Skeggs Goldstien Accounting Cathryn Gross, Twelve Wealth Suzanne Haddan, BFG Financial Services Kevin Smith, The Professional Super Advisers