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Spitfire loses top executives

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2020
Spitfire has lost both its chief executive and chief product officer within months of them joining the platform provider. Former chief executive John Shuttleworth left the business in December last year after being appointed to the top role only two ...

Hollywood actor charged by SEC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020
... his promotions. Seagal made posts to his social media accounts encouraging the public not to "miss out" of B2G's initial coin offering (ICO). The SEC said Seagal put out a press release titled "Zen Master Steven Seagal Has Become the Brand Ambassador ...

Blockchain startup raises $68m, ordered to return funds

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
... Commission (SEC) has settled charges against a blockchain startup, after it raised $68 million through an unregistered "initial coin offering". Enigma MPC, based in San Francisco and Israel, raised approximately $68 million (US$45 million) from the sale ...

Art, rare coins cause issues for SMSFs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2020
... who values the artwork? Creating further complexity, the client's home was burnt down in the recent bushfires and the rare coin collection melted. "The coins were in the home... and apparently there's no metallic bits left even," the accountant said. ...

Millennials not attracted to property

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2020
Low return expectations may be impacting first home purchases among younger Aussies, with investors turning towards equities and bonds to reap stronger returns. That's according to the latest analysis from Fidelity, which compared real (inflation-adjusted) ...

GAM hires, launches new strategies

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2020
GAM Investments is expanding its Australia business with a new hire for its wholesale business and the introduction of two new funds. Ryan Crewe has been appointed manager - key accounts and will be responsible for developing GAM's distribution ...

FASEA loses board director

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 6 JAN 2020
Another board director has resigned from the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority, the announcement coinciding with the commencement of the new Code of Ethics. Catriona Lowe will step down from the FASEA board effective January 31 as she ...

China backs blockchain, Bitcoin soars

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2019
... report from the country's official Xinhua News Agency. The comments come after China banned all cryptocurrency and Initial Coin Offerings in 2017, with the nations' central bank, the People's Bank of China (PBOC), working on its own digital currency. ...

No room for policy mistakes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2019
In its world economic update for October, the International Monetary Fund said that the global economy is in a synchronised slowdown. Growth for 2019 was downgraded again to 3%, its slowest pace since the global financial crisis. "This is a serious ...

Chief economist update: Synchronised forecasts for a synchronised slowdown

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2019
"Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water..." - Jaws The history of the US-China trade negotiations has followed a pattern ever since it began in 2018 - rhetoric from both sides building hopes for a deal only to be followed by escalating ...