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Young Australians more 'super savvy': Equip

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2022
Young Australians are thinking much more about their financial plans than previously, according to an Equipsuper survey. Almost half of the surveyed young Australians (18-34 years old) saw super as being more important now than since the start of the ...

Australian investor confidence plummets: CA ANZ

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2022
... confidence in both the domestic (39%) and international markets (24%) down by 10% from last year. With regards to investing in crypto assets, Ghander noted the survey showed a profound polarisation between age groups. Of the 18-44 age group, 71% were ...

ASIC obtains orders to freeze assets

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2022
... Court has recently made orders against A One Multi arising from unlicensed conduct and the transfer of investor funds into crypto assets. ASIC concluded it will continue to investigate and take action against unlicensed financial services businesses ...

Zerocap, ANZ purchase Australian carbon credits

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2022
... collaboration between Victor Smorgon Group, ANZ and Zerocap, after the A$DC was used to transfer Australian dollars into the crypto ecosystem earlier this year. With Zerocap providing custody and creating a market for carbon credits with A$DC, chief ...

BTC Markets gains ASFL

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2022
Melbourne-based BTC Markets has become Australia's first crypto exchange to successfully go through the full AFSL application process, via sister company BTCM Payments. BTC Markets said the AFSL will enable it to further bridge the crypto and traditional ...

Selfwealth announces crypto offering

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2022
... programs to educate retail investors on a variety of topics and we intend to roll out even more related specifically to crypto-assets, and other new asset types." Selfwealth is Australia's fourth-largest online broking platform with over 125,000 active ...

Australian firms spend 3.6bn on financial crimes

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2022
A new study has shown that Australian financial service companies are expected to spend more than $3.6 billion on financial crime compliance in 2022. Yesterday LexisNexis Risk Solutions released the first Australian edition of its true cost of compliance ...

Crypto companies halt withdrawals

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2022
... cryptocurrency platforms Celsius and Binance temporarily suspended customer withdrawals. Yesterday, the world's largest crypto exchange, Binance, suspended withdrawals on the Bitcoin network. In a statement, Binance said: "This is due to an earlier ...

Leading wealth management marketers recognised

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2022
... readiness' campaign, BT won digital campaign of the year and Superhero, which has recently announced a merger with crypto trading platform Swyftx, won integrated campaign of the year. Of the agency categories, Ptarmigan Media won agency of the year ...

Superhero, Swyftx in $1.5bn merger

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2022
... said.Swyftx, which last year grew its investor base by around 1200% provides access to more than 320 digital currencies and crypto interest earning features. Co-founded in 2018 by Alex Harper and Angus Goldman, the business currently has over 600,000 ...