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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 ...

Syfe bids for SelfWealth, ups BFG's offer

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2025
Trading platform Syfe has upped Bell Financial Group's (BFG) bid for SelfWealth, offering 12% more at 28 cents per share. Syfe's parent company Svava has already acquired 43.4 million SelfWealth shares, representing 18.8% of shares on issue. ...

Bell Financial absorbs 75k Macquarie accounts

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2025
Bell Financial Group and Macquarie Bank have reached an agreement which will see approximately 75,000 accounts transfer from Macquarie Online Trading to the Bell Direct and Desktop Broker brands. The transition of accounts from Macquarie is expected ...

Bell Financial expects revenues, profits to rise

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2025
Bell Financial Group (BFG) has said it expects to report an increase in full-year revenue and profit, ahead of its results announcement in February. The broker forecast that full-year revenues will rise 12% to $276 million (FY23: $247 million). It also ...

Bell Financial takes lead on SelfWealth takeover

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2024
SelfWealth is forging ahead with Bell Financial Group's (BFG) takeover of the trading platform as the latter raises its bid price to edge out its competitor. The two parties entered a scheme implementation deed in which BFG raised its bid price to 25 ...

Second bidder enters SelfWealth takeover talks

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2024
... proposed 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. ...

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
... Over 10 years, 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 ...

Longreach hires Channel Capital sales lead, launches advisory firm

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2024
... in institutional sales at J.P. Morgan. King also spent time at Southern Cross Equities, which was taken over by Bell Financial Group, and Citi. King said: "There is increasing demand for high-quality alternative investment solutions across the region ...

Bell Financial half-year profit soars 50%, revenue up

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2024
Bell Financial Group posted a net profit after tax of $16.6 million for the half year to June 30, a 50% increase on the prior corresponding period, while revenue rose to $138.7 million, up 18.3%. The diversified financial services and wealth management ...