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ASIC sues crypto fintech over unlicensed advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2022
... unlicensed financial advice on crypto-asset products. The regulator commenced civil penalty proceedings in Federal Court against Block Earner, an authorised representative of Flash Partners and AUSTRAC-registered digital currency exchange. It offered ...

Spirit Super, Stonepeak pick up GeelongPort

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2022
The global infrastructure manager and industry super fund will own 70% and 30% of the asset, respectively. Spirit Super and Stonepeak have bought the asset from Brookfield and State Super for an undisclosed amount. The Port of Geelong is the second ...

BetaShares unveils interest rate hedged bond ETF

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2022
... to avoid shortcomings of traditional debt weighted indices. "Australian corporate bonds are regarded as a core building block of a well-diversified portfolio," he said. "HCRD offers investors exposure to this core asset class in a way that reduces interest ...

J.P. Morgan enters local ETF market

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2022
J.P. Morgan Asset Management kicked off its ETF business in Australia today, promising an alternative to the plethora of thematic offerings flooding the market. On the ASX today, the investment giant listed the JPMorgan Equity Premium Income Active ...

Hamish Douglass sells $118m in Magellan shares

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2022
... Financial Group shares in a partial sale. Approximately 13 million in shares were sold last night through an after-market block trade at $9.10 per share. Magellan was informed that an entity related to Douglass and his family intended to offload the ...

Cboe Australia appoints engagement lead

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2022
... Australia chief executive Vic Jokovic said: "Ben will be instrumental in our efforts to introduce an enhanced, new generation of block trading to Australian market participants through the launch of Cboe BIDS Australia and the Cboe tech migration." Recently ...

Consultation opens on crypto regulation bill

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2022
Liberal senator Andrew Bragg has released a draft bill for consultation that introduces licences for digital asset exchanges, custody services, stablecoin issuers, and instigates disclosure requirements for Chinese state-owned banks that facilitate ...

Ethereum merge: What it means for crypto

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2022
... September 15." "The merging of the two removes the need for energy-intensive 'mining' and transfers the responsibility of block production to the validators operating on the Beacon Chain. The Beacon Chain has been operational since December 2020 running ...

Local head named for BNP Paribas custody business

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2022
Nine months after David Braga departed as BNP Paribas Securities Services head of Australia and New Zealand, his replacement has been named. State Street's Daniel Cheever has taken over the role with immediate effect, the custodian said. It follows ...

ABN AMRO Clearing pays $222k penalty

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2022
... notice given by the Markets Disciplinary Panel (MDP). The MDP found that in 2021, on three occasions, ABN AMRO registered block trades on the ASX24 Market in the SPI 200 Futures contract, each of which included split allocations below the Minimum Value ...