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Nov
23

OMG (Openmarkets Group) extends pre-IPO to $17.8m due to record growth, and acquires Cannon Trading

Trading and wealth management infrastructure fintech OMG has extended its pre-IPO raise to $17.8 million to support continued record growth.  

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Oct
11

Midwinter appoints Andrew Zietara as new Head of Product

Midwinter Financial Services has today announced the appointment of Andrew Zietara as its new Head of Product.

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Jul
14

Fintech leaders reign in the 2021 Women in Finance Awards

Once again, fintech leaders and companies in the Australian fintech industry are featuring heavily in the 2021 Women in Finance Awards.

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Jul
18

Unloved Praemium’s platform attracts interest

Praemium specialises in managed accounts. Its platform can be white labelled by advisers and its unified managed accounts offering

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Apr
12

Bravura circles competitor

The wealth management software firm has made a proposal to acquire another ASX-listed fintech that could value the latter at up to $170 million. Bravura Solutions submitted a non-binding indicative proposal to acquire all shares of GBST Holdings for a $2.50 per share in cash minus a special dividend of 0.35 per share subject to approval. GBST provides administration services to life insurers, stock brokers, wealth management businesses and institutions. Its clients include the big four banks, Baillieu Holst, Bell Porter and Morgans. The $1.1 billion Bravura is more than eight times GBST's market cap. Bravura's offer of $2.50 per share represents a 30% premium to GBST's 30-day volume-weighted average […]
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Dec
12

New user-focused offering for corporate super comes at turning point for the sector

With super funds looking to improve transparency and customer experience, GBST has today announced a new user-focused offering for corporate super providers. The launch comes at a time when the sector is looking for ways to evolve their offerings in light of the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services. The enhanced corporate super offering allows funds to offer a user-focused experience, with a modern, intuitive interface to meet employer and member needs. It features straight-through processing (STP) capability so employers can easily manage their accounts and access their employee’s information online, improving user engagement and reducing administration costs for the fund provider. This is an […]

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Bravura Solutions’ Sonata hits high note at 20-times profit

Private equity-owned Bravura Solutions will seek to raise $200 million for its initial public offering before the end of the month. Brokers Goldman Sachs and Macquarie Capital kicked off the marketing program with face to face meetings in Melbourne and Auckland on Monday. Their analysts also released detailed pre-IPO research reports and setting investor price expectations at 16-to-20-times forecast profit and up to 16-times adjusted EBITDA, as Street Talk revealed. Small cap fundies are familiar with the story. Bravura was listed for almost a decade before Ironbridge and management took the financial services software company private in 2013. It’s now preparing to return to market with $100 million invested in […]

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