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PwC names financial services lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2021
... the integrity of Australia's financial system by leveraging the best of our local and global capabilities and digital assets." Coates is a long-serving staffer at PwC, having started her career there as a senior associate in the UK. She has worked ...

State Street launches dedicated crypto, blockchain business

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2021
... crypto assets among other asset classes. "The financial industry is transforming to a digital economy, and we see digital assets as one of the most significant forces impacting our industry over the next five years," State Street Corporation chair and ...

Super funds need to get on board with crypto: Carnegie

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2021
Ahead of the launch of his new digital assets fund, investment banker Mark Carnegie has warned that Australian super funds need to get on board with cryptocurrencies. Carnegie is launching the MHC Digital Asset Fund, in partnership with blockchain expert ...

BNY to launch crypto admin platform

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2021
BNY Mellon will establish a new asset servicing unit that will cater to the growing demand for digital assets such as cryptocurrency. The digital assets unit, which will be led by Mike Demissie as head of advanced solutions, is currently developing ...

Former Trump aide launches crypto fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021
... services. It uses a top-down portfolio management strategy and a bottom-up manager selection process. Fidelity Digital Assets, a subsidiary of Fidelity Investments, is the custodian of the fund, while Ernst & Young act as the auditor. Scaramucci had ...

S&P DJI ventures into crypto indices

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2020
... speculative market. Commenting further, S&P DJI global head of innovation and strategy Peter Roffman said with digital assets such as cryptocurrencies becoming a rapidly emerging asset class, the time is right for independent, reliable and user-friendly ...

Insto demand sees digital asset manager launch

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020
A newly launched UK asset management firm is catering to institutional investors' increasing interest in digital assets, piquing the curiosity of Australian high-net-worths. London-based ByteTree Asset Management launched this week with a mission to ...

RBA, CBA, NAB partner for wholesale currency

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2020
... instances such as stable coins, supply chain and capital markets solutions, bank guarantees, programmable money and digital assets," he said. "CBA's x15ventures is pleased to be part of this collaborative opportunity to advance our shared understanding ...

Cbus chief technology officer departs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2020
... Pickering told Financial Standard that under his leadership the fund had been working to bring all of its third party digital assets in-house with the aim of increasing member engagement. Taking to LinkedIn to share the news, Pickering said his new role ...

Cbus brings digital assets in-house

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2020
Cbus is working to bring all of its third party digital assets in-house, with the aim of increasing member engagement. Cbus chief technology officer Rob Pickering told Financial Standard the fund has been working on the project for over two years now. ...