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Carnegie launches second crypto fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2021
MH Carnegie & Co has launched its second crypto fund, with a new market-neutral strategy. The MHC Digital Market Neutral Fund is aimed at Australian wholesale investors looking to take advantage of inefficiencies within the cryptocurrency, blockchain ...

ASIC looks to tighten crypto ETP oversight

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2021
ASIC is consulting on how exchange-traded products investing in cryptoassets can meet existing regulatory expectations, with the regulator particularly interested in identifying suitable cryptoassets for such products and ensuring good practice in terms ...

UK bans crypto exchange Binance

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2021
The UK Financial Conduct Authority has banned well-known and popular crypto exchange Binance from operating in its jurisdiction. Binance, which is Cayman Islands domiciled, claims to be the biggest Bitcoin exchange and alt-coin cryptocurrency exchange ...

State Street launches dedicated crypto, blockchain business

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2021
As an increasing number of institutions allocate to cryptocurrency and explore blockchain solutions, State Street is launching a dedicated digital finance division, appointing the current head of global markets to lead it. State Street Digital builds ...

ATO cracks down on crypto

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2021
The Australian Taxation Office is cracking down on cryptocurrency investors to report capital gains and losses in their tax returns after fears investors may think they are tax-free. The ATO estimates that 600,000 taxpayers have invested in crypto assets ...

What Gen Z think about investing

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2021
New research from Vanguard has revealed what the TikTok generation think about investing, and it turns out they are highly motivated. Generation Z, defined as those born between 1997 and 2009, were found by the survey of more than 1000 Australians to ...

ASIC issues warnings on investment scams

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAY 2021
The corporate regulator identified several ongoing investment scams including duping consumers into establishing self-managed super funds, and advertisements for crypto-asset and contracts for difference disguised as fake news articles. ASIC has discovered ...

Ethereum overtakes big four banks

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2021
The second-largest cryptocurrency has reached new heights, with its market capitalisation surpassing that of the big four banks combined. Ethereum has a US$353 billion market cap, overtaking NAB, Westpac, ANZ and Commonwealth Bank. At the time of publishing ...

Sydney multi-boutique adds crypto fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2021
A Sydney multi-boutique has signed on a passive fund that tracks Bitcoin and will offer it to Australian investors. The fund is managed by Arrano Capital and is open to institutional investors and will be distributed by Mantis Funds. It is Caymans domiciled ...

Super funds need to get on board with crypto: Carnegie

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2021
Ahead of the launch of his new digital assets fund, investment banker Mark Carnegie has warned that Australian super funds need to get on board with cryptocurrencies. Carnegie is launching the MHC Digital Asset Fund, in partnership with blockchain expert ...