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Treasury consults on new crypto tax laws

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2024
Treasury has opened a new consultation paper on the Crypto Asset Reporting Framework (CARF) to explore whether it should be added into Australian tax law, or if government should customise a policy response. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation ...

ASIC escalates super fund enforcement in 2025

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2024
ASIC warned it will turn up the heat on superannuation funds by adding new enforcement priorities and flagging that it will hold directors on trustee boards to the same standards as those in big companies. While the corporate regulator heightened its ...

Australian ETFs reach $233bn in FUM

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2024
... cryptocurrency-related ETFs deliver strong returns. According to VanEck, the top 10 ETFs by returns for October were: Betashares Crypto Innovators ETF (CRYP) - 26.7% Global X Physical Palladium (ETPMPD) - 19.3% Monochrome Bitcoin ETF (IBTC) - 18% DigitalX ...

Monochrome launches Ethereum ETF

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2024
... storage and security of their Ethereum investment to third-party providers with expertise in digital assets. The fund's crypto-asset custodians are Gemini Trust and BitGo Trust, and its administrator is State Street Australia. Monochrome chief executive ...

Australia's best-performing super fund says no to crypto

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2024
... Colonial First State (CFS), the best-performing super fund of the last financial year, has ruled out the idea of adding crypto to its investment portfolio. Despite its popularity, with nearly five million Australians owning crypto, CFS chief investment ...

Carnegie's MHC Digital, Circle target local stablecoin push

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2024
... efficient access to USDC. MHC Digital Group founder and executive chair Mark Carnegie said people claim there's no use case for crypto, yet hundreds of billions move globally at a fraction of the cost of traditional payment infrastructure. "Crypto is ...

eToro acquires Spaceship, sets sights on super sector

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2024
... users with access to eToro's multi-asset investment platform, covering equities, managed funds, ETFs, commodities, and crypto assets. eToro users will also be able to sign up to Spaceship via the eToro app. In all, Spaceship is home to about $1.5 ...

Global X launches latest global equity ETF

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2024
Global X has brought to the Australian market the first index-based 'Growth at a Reasonable Price' ETF. The Global X S&P World Ex-Australia GARP ETF (GARP) tracks the S&P World ex Australia GARP Index, holding 250 companies, and charges a management ...

ASIC, RBA handed new financial market infrastructure powers

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2024
... websites, including those falsely claiming to be authorised or regulated by ASIC, fake investment trading platforms, and crypto-asset related scams. Combating investment scams is a key priority for ASIC. Since July 2023, the regulator has coordinated ...

Monochrome moves to list Ethereum ETF

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2024
... (CBOE: IBTC) in June. Monochrome has noted that IBTC is the first and only ETF in the market to be authorised under ASIC's crypto asset licensing category, introduced in October 2021. This was established to ensure that responsible entities holding substantial ...