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Monochrome moves to list Ethereum ETF

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2024
Monochrome Asset Management has filed an application to list an Ethereum exchange-traded fund (ETF) on Cboe Australia. The Monochrome Ethereum ETF (IETH) would passively hold Ethereum, which is the second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalisation ...

Melbourne adviser sentenced to 18 months' prison

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2024
Former Melbourne financial adviser Bradley Grimm has been convicted by the County Court of Victoria on three counts of engaging in dishonest conduct while running a financial services business. Grimm was sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment, with ...

Majority pass adviser exam

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2024
ASIC reported a 62% pass rate for the latest sitting of the Financial Advisers Exam. In the August cycle, 231 candidates sat the exam and 143 passed. Nearly three quarters (73%) sat the exam for the first time. The results were similar to the April ...

abrdn closes hedge fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2024
... fund's investment exposure was via a total return swap provided by BNP Paribas which provides synthetic exposure to the ASI Global Risk Mitigation 3x Index, according to Morningstar, and from time to time could invest in derivative instruments. "We ...

ASIC cancels AFSL of foreign exchange contracts issuer

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2024
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has cancelled the Australian financial services licence (AFLS) of contracts for difference (CFDs) and foreign exchange contracts issuer, FXOpen AU. ASIC said the decision to cancel the licence ...

Macquarie AM, PSP Investments sell AirTrunk stake to Blackstone, CPP Investments

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2024
Macquarie Asset Management (MAM) and Canada's Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments) have sold the entirety of their respective interests in AirTrunk to private equity giant Blackstone and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP ...

Former ASIC commissioner joins Insignia Trustees

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2024
A former ASIC commissioner will join Insignia Financial as the chair of its trustees business on September 19. Danielle Press also assumes the position of non-executive director at Insignia Financial Trustees, replacing Lindsay Smartt. Press had a five-year ...

Zurich appoints chief risk officer

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2024
Zurich Financial Services Australia has announced the appointment of David Wainwright to the position of chief risk officer for Australia and New Zealand. Wainwright has close to 25 years' experience in financial services and joins from Zurich in the ...

Former Courtenay House director sentenced

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2024
Former Courtenay House director Tony Iervasi has been sentenced to prison for 11 years, with a non-parole period of seven years, for his involvement in one of the nation's biggest Ponzi schemes. Between 13 December 2010 and 21 April 2017, Iervasi ...

Super funds fail to meet millennial members' expectations: ASIC roundtable

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2024
Super funds are falling short of millennial members' expectations, according to financial experts at an ASIC roundtable. The roundtable panellists, which included financial adviser Andrew Dunbar, She's on the Money podcast host Victoria Devine ...