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Industry must do more to improve women's financial literacy: Fidelity

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2025
While women are increasingly aware of the importance of their financial wellbeing, only 16% have sought financial advice to achieve their goals. Fidelity's Next Generation research surveyed over 1000 Australian consumers aged 18 to 59 years old, highlighting ...

Bain, CC Capital up Insignia bids

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2025
Insignia Financial has received two separate revised non-binding and indicative proposals from CC Capital Partners and Bain Capital. The bids were both increased to $5 cash per Insignia share, valuing the wealth manager at $3.35 billion, and an 8.7% ...

Stockspot officially launches low-cost super offering

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2025
Stockspot Super has launched to the public, a move first flagged by Financial Standard in May 2024. Stockspot said the offering is Australia's first fully transparent, ETF-only superannuation product, which has been designed to keep costs low and provide ...

NZ Super commits NZ$50m to private equity manager

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2025
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund has committed a further NZ$50 million ($45.2 million) to a private equity investment manager's strategy investing in Australian and New Zealand companies. The super fund has invested into Direct Capital's ...

Financial services chips away at gender pay gap: WGEA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2025
The financial services sector made a fractional improvement on its gender pay disparity, reporting a 22.2% gap on a median and average basis, the latest Workplace Gender Equality Agency's (WGEA) report shows. The 2024 financial year shows that financial ...

UniSuper launches fresh brand campaign

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2025
The $149 billion super fund is going to market with a new advertising initiative that asks Australians to imagine their dream retirement and how they'll get there. The campaign is being rolled out across television, online, outdoor, radio, print, owned ...

PM Capital confirms proposal to acquire Platinum funds

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2025
PM Capital Global Opportunities Fund (ASX: PGF) has confirmed it made a play to acquire two funds managed by Platinum Asset Management. PGF revealed it lobbed confidential, non-binding offers to snap up Platinum Capital Limited (ASX: PMC) and Platinum ...

Solutions to avoid concentration risk: Scientific Beta

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2025
The increasing dominance of giant technology stocks poses "significant challenges" for superannuation funds and other institutional investors, as index solutions provider Scientific Beta touts two possible approaches to better manage concentration risk. ...

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). ...

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 ...