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Advisers grapple with AI, require support: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025
... themselves as "beginners" or have "limited use" and primarily use it for reporting and editing purposes, according to the 2024 Platform Competitive Analysis & Benchmarking Report. Thirty-six percent said they are interested in AI but need to be trained ...

NGS Super shutters direct investment option

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025
... was no longer viable for members of the fund." According to APRA data, less than 1% of NGS's 114,000 members use the platform. This equated to about $21 million in funds under management, as at June 2024. The DIO was first launched in January 2014 in ...

Selfwealth to proceed with Svava proposal

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2025
... accretive opportunities" in the future. This follows BFG's initial offer of 22 cents per share to acquire the trading platform and was forced to up the offer several days later. Earlier this month, Svava made a bid for Selfwealth, offering 12% more than ...

Praemium hunts for new chief financial officer

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2025
... tax of $5.8 million, up 45% to the prior corresponding period. Funds under administration rose 29% to $62.1 billion. Platform FUA came in at $30.2 billion, including $4.2 billion from OneVue. "This is an outstanding continuation of the momentum built ...

Iress posts strong profit rebound, completes transformation program

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2025
... following a strategic review last month. During the 2024 financial year, Iress divested three non-strategic businesses: Platform, Pulse, and Mortgages. Revenue increased 4% on a continuing business basis, driven primarily by a 12% increase in revenue ...

Svava makes binding offer for Selfwealth, BFG given deadline to counter

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2025
... from Bell Financial Group (BFG). Selfwealth received a bid from BFG late last year, offering 22 cents for each of the platform's security - BFG's latest offer has since increased to 25 cents. Through an update last Friday, Selfwealth said should Svava's ...

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 ...

SMSF sector continues to grow

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2025
... according to the AUSIEX SMSF Under Advice report. The number of newly established SMSF trading accounts on the AUSIEX platform - across both advised and self-directed segments - rose 14.5% year-on-year in number. Advised SMSFs drove most of this new ...

Apex names country head and COO

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2025
... director Nicholas Happell. "Chris' leadership will be instrumental in scaling Apex Super and integrating the Iress platform to enhance service delivery," "Expanding our management team is an important step to have the business ready to digest significant ...

Super moves: Aware Super, CareSuper

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2025
... Investment Option. He began his career in financial markets at BT, where he spent almost four years in client accounts and platform development with his final role being that of a sustainability analyst.