Bell Financial Group Limited (ASX:BFG) has announced the launch of Tandem Capital providing financial services businesses, advisers and their clients access to a broad range of margin lending and investment solutions.
Tandem Capital allows advisers and clients to access margin lending services with support from a dedicated account manager while maintaining any trading arrangements with their existing or preferred stock broker. It also provides both advisers and clients visibility over their margin lending arrangements via a dedicated portal.
According to CEIC data provided by the RBA, the total value of margin loans increased to approximately $16.8 billion in December 2025, up from just over $15 billion in September 2025.
Bell Potter Capital Managing Director Chris Fox said, “Borrowing funds to increase your investing capacity can be a powerful wealth creation tool. Gearing to buy equities can provide greater flexibility, liquidity and diversification. The proposed Federal Budget changes to taxation means more investors may turn to margin lending as an increasingly attractive investment strategy.
“Bell Financial Group has worked with advisers for over 50 years, so we understand the need for flexibility and efficiency. We designed Tandem Capital to make it easy for advisers to extend their services offering to clients, and add value to their clients without disrupting their existing relationships with their preferred stockbroker.
“The launch of Tandem Capital strengthens our Platforms division, which has been growing consistently for the past decade, to service a distinct market need. Alongside Tandem Securities and Tandem Clearing, it allows us to provide Australia’s leading financial services firms with end-to-end or bespoke solutions designed to complement and enhance their value proposition to clients,” said Mr Fox.
