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Iress hunts for new chief, takeover talks progress

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2025
Iress is ramping up its succession plans to replace managing director and chief executive Marcus Price while in the thick of takeover talks with Blackstone and Thoma Bravo. Iress provided an update on Price's future with the company this morning, saying ...

PE firm sells CyberCX to Accenture

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2025
Accenture will acquire trans-Tasman cyber security firm CyberCX from private equity firm BGH Capital. Founded in Melbourne in 2019, CyberCX has about 1400 employees and provides consulting, transformation and managed security services, as well as offensive ...

WAM eyes Platinum LIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2025
Wilson Asset Management (WAM) is making a play to be the investment manager of a Platinum Asset Management listed investment company, offering a non-binding, indicative proposal. WAM is proposing to take over the investment management function of ASX-listed ...

Bell Financial reports 44% slump in profit

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2025
Bell Financial Group (BFG) saw net profit after tax slump by 44% in its latest performance update, dragged by market volatility impacting the broking business. The group reported NPAT of $9.3 million for its half-year to June 2025 results. The broking ...

Elanor rebuffs Lederer's governance concerns

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2025
Elanor Investors Group has clapped back at potential acquirer Lederer Group for making "inaccurate assertions" about its governance and management capabilities. In providing an update on the proposed acquisition of its ASX-listed Elanor Commercial Property ...

Account number issue causes angst, undue admin work: FAAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2025
Flaws in Delivering Better Financial Outcomes (DBFO) Tranche 1 has inundated financial advisers with angst and more administrative work thanks to confusion surrounding account number inclusion in consent forms, according to the Financial Advice Association ...

Former Kerr Neilson staffer pleads guilty to insider trading

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2025
A former employee of Kerr Neilson's family office, Rodney Forrest, has been charged with insider trading and procuring others to trade Platinum Asset Management shares. At Sydney's Local Court yesterday, Forrest pleaded guilty to two counts ...

Insignia offloads IOOF Alliances to Entireti

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2025
Entireti has acquired IOOF Alliances, a provider of support services for AFSLs, from Insignia Financial for an undisclosed sum. IOOF Alliances will merge with Jigsaw Advice Solutions to form Entireti Alliances. About 70 self-licensed advisory firms ...

Norway sovereign wealth fund divests 11 Israeli companies, cuts mandates

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2025
Norway's US$2 trillion sovereign wealth fund has severed ties with 11 Israeli companies and is in the process of terminating mandates with external managers based in Israel. The sovereign wealth fund's manager, Norges Bank Investment Management ...

New Challenger IM notes seek to raise $350m

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2025
Challenger Investment Management will launch a floating rate note on the ASX in a bid to raise $350 million that will be invested in private credit strategies. Challenger IM LiFTS 1 Notes, which will list under the ticker code CIMHA, offer a fixed term ...