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Plato launches global shares ETF

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2026
... strategy delivers income for clients purely from the cash dividends paid out by portfolio holdings and is not reliant on derivatives trading or capital gains realisation for income generation." Meanwhile, Plato founder and managing director Don Hamson ...

ASX names Lofthouse's successor

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2026
... Euronext Paris and a member of the board of Euronext from 2014 to 2021, and most recently as Euronext global head of derivatives and post trade, Attia has led major strategic and growth initiatives while developing strong relationships with customers ...

Former Berndale director pleads guilty

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2026
A former director of collapsed derivatives provider Berndale Capital Securities has pleaded guilty to multiple dishonesty offences, including the misuse of nearly $700,000 in company funds. Stavro D'Amore admitted to three combined charges before ...

ASIC reviews AFSLs over finfluencer concerns

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2026
... focused on finfluencers targeting Australian investors and discussing a range of financial products, including leveraged derivatives, shares and exchange-traded funds. "Finfluencers must either hold an AFS licence or operate as an authorised representative ...

Coinbase receives AFSL, plans product expansion

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2026
... exchanges to obtain AFSLs, Coinbase Australia has received its AFSL. It's also become the first to be granted a retail derivatives authorisation, which permits the business to issue over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives products - including crypto derivatives ...

AQR picks SG Hiscock & Company as distribution partner

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2026
... Wholesale Managed Futures Fund to sophisticated investors. The actively managed fund invests in futures contracts and derivatives across commodities, currencies, fixed income, equities and alternative markets. It seeks to produce attractive risk-adjusted ...

Binance Australia to pay $10m over deliberate customer misclassifications

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2026
The Federal Court has ordered Oztures Trading, known as Binance Australia Derivatives, to pay $10 million after it was found to have misclassified more than 85%, or 524, of its retail clients between July 2022 and April 2023. ASIC commenced legal proceedings ...

Digital assets don't need new regulatory logic: ASIC

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2026
... e-commerce, dematerialisation of securities, the rise of electronic payments, and the emergence of complex securities and derivatives. "In each case, regulators and policymakers ultimately responded not by discarding existing legal frameworks, but by ...

ASIC launches beneficial ownership transparency review

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2026
... methods for deemed economic interests and wants to introduce a "generally accepted standard pricing model" to price derivatives. For substantial shareholders, ASIC wants them to complete a single form to meet their substantial holding disclosure obligations ...

ASX partners with LSEG to upgrade derivatives platform

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2026
ASX will partner with LSEG to modernise and upgrade its derivatives trading platform. ASX 24 trades the Australian and New Zealand interest rate, equity and commodity futures and options markets, supporting some of the world's longest trading hours. ...