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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 ...

Vanguard fined US$106m for investors' massive tax bill

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2025
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged Vanguard US$106.4 million for "materially misleading" investors in the Investor Target Retirement Funds (Investor TRFs) about their future tax liabilities. The failings relate to Vanguard dropping ...

Where to invest when local equities look expensive

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2025
Australian equities are richly priced, yet local portfolios remain heavily skewed towards the domestic market; investors have avenues to seek out diversification and better value, according to Morningstar market strategist Lochlan Halloway. Australian ...

BlackRock settles lawsuit for 'misleading consumers'

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2025
BlackRock has reached a settlement in a lawsuit filed by the State of Tennessee, which alleged the asset manager misled consumers about how much its investment strategies were influenced by ESG considerations. Tennessee's suit alleged BlackRock failed ...

Super admin providers face reckoning in 2025: Finura

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2025
More companies will divest their superannuation administration offerings in 2025, according to Finura, as super funds potentially move this service in-house amid tighter scrutiny from the regulators. ASIC suing Cbus for poor member claims experience ...

MA Financial readies first LIT for launch

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2025
MA Financial will soon launch its first listed investment trust (LIT), the MA Credit Income Trust (ASX:MA1). MA Financial has so far secured $171 million in commitments for MA1, which is expected to launch on the ASX on March 5. The fund is set to offer ...

Insignia grants CC Capital limited due diligence

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2025
Insignia Financial has granted CC Capital Partners a limited period of access for the provision of due diligence after it received a revised takeover offer last week. On January 17, Insignia received a revised non-binding and indicative proposal from ...

Iress sells superannuation business

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2025
Iress has entered into a binding agreement to sell its superannuation business to global financial services provider Apex Group. Iress said the decision to divest the superannuation business follows a strategic review as part of the company's transformation ...

Unemployment edges up despite jobs added

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2025
Australia's labour market has remained strong in the December 2024 read, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose by 0.1 percentage point to 4% in December. "With employment rising by 56,000 ...

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 ...