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Crypto chosen over defensive assets

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2021
... investors has surpassed defensive assets such as precious metals, fixed income and annuities, according to new research. Digital asset exchange BTC Markets latest survey of over 2000 investors revealed 12.6% of respondents have investments in cryptocurrency ...

BNY to launch crypto admin platform

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2021
... expect to begin offering these innovative and industry-shaping capabilities later this year," Regelman said. "Our digital asset capabilities should help evolve the way the financial industry operates, including custody, collateral management, issuance ...

Former Trump aide launches crypto fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021
The former communications director of outgoing US President Donald Trump has launched a cryptocurrency hedge fund. Anthony Scaramucci, the founder and managing partner of US$7 billion alternative investment manager SkyBridge Capital, has launched SkyBridge ...

S&P DJI ventures into crypto indices

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2020
... bridges the gap between the complexities of blockchain data and traditional business needs, serving clients like digital asset exchanges and fund administrators. S&P DJI will use Lukka's products Lukka Reference Data, which provides validated crypto ...

Insto demand sees digital asset manager launch

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020
A newly launched UK asset management firm is catering to institutional investors' increasing interest in digital assets, piquing the curiosity of Australian high-net-worths. London-based ByteTree Asset Management launched this week with a mission to ...

RBA, CBA, NAB partner for wholesale currency

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2020
The Reserve Bank of Australia has announced a partnership with a consortium of financial institutions and a blockchain technology company to develop a wholesale central bank digital currency (CBDC) using distributed ledger technology (DLT) for settlement. ...

Crypto exchange owners charged

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2020
... fundamental requirements of intermediaries in the derivatives markets, whether in traditional products or in the growing digital asset market. This action shows the CFTC will continue to work vigilantly to protect the integrity of these markets." The ...

Cbus chief technology officer departs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2020
Cbus' chief technology officer has left the fund, taking up a role with the AFL. Rob Pickering had been chief technology officer and digital officer at Cbus for almost three years. "Rob Pickering will be leaving Cbus in mid-October. We thank him ...

Rapper charged over crypto scandal

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
... diamond jewellery and other luxury goods. "The federal securities laws provide the same protections to investors in digital asset securities as they do to investors in more traditional forms of securities," associate director in the division of enforcement ...

Cbus brings digital assets in-house

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2020
Cbus is working to bring all of its third party digital assets in-house, with the aim of increasing member engagement. Cbus chief technology officer Rob Pickering told Financial Standard the fund has been working on the project for over two years now. ...