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Bell Financial looks to diversify revenue, targets 'holistic' strategy

RIDDHIMA TALWANI | FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2026

Bell Financial Group (BFG) said it will continue to diversify its revenue streams to transform into a broader and more holistic wealth manager to respond to the changing structural landscape of the Australian wealth industry. It reported unaudited net ...

Bell Financial Group names inaugural investments chief

KARREN VERGARA | FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2025

Bell Financial Group (BFG) has appointed its first chief investment officer, picking someone who recently finished up at Clime Investment Management. Will Riggall is the new investments chief, having ended his tenure at Clime in June after more than ...

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 ...

ANSC's Australian Food & Agriculture takeover tanks

KARREN VERGARA | WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2025

... wool, meat, and cattle operations. Bell Group Holdings (BGH), which is the parent company of ASX-listed Bell Financial Group (BFG), Bell Securities, and Bell Asset Management, has about a 66% interest in AFA. ANSC said each party has agreed on behalf ...

Selfwealth to proceed with Svava proposal

MATTHEW WAI | WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2025

... ahead with a deal with the highest bidder. Despite a recent call for its shareholders to consider Bell Financial Group's (BFG) previous offer, Selfwealth has ultimately decided to proceed with the premium offer from Svava. Svava made a binding offer ...

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

MATTHEW WAI | MONDAY, 24 FEB 2025

... 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 received a bid from BFG late last year, offering 22 cents for each of the platform's security - BFG's latest offer ...

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 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 ...

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BT appoints new head of strategy

KARREN VERGARA

A former Allianz Retire+ executive has joined BT as the new head of strategy.

ASX sees trade volumes soar in May

MATTHEW WAI

ASX saw a substantial growth in trade volumes last month, despite continued lackluster movement in IPOs.

Otivo launches AI-powered financial advice

MATTHEW WAI

Otivo has launched a mobile app for Australians to access licensed advice powered by AI.

Munro expands access to climate focused fund

VINNY VUCAGO

The Munro Global Growth Climate Leaders PIE Fund has been opened to retail investors in New Zealand.

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