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Watchdog warns of celebrity-endorsed bitcoin scams

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2020
ASIC has uncovered several cryptocurrency scams using Australian celebrities, prominent news sites, and government agencies to reel in investors. Endorsements from celebrities and business figures such as Waleed Aly, Mike Baird, Celeste Barber, Andrew ...

Disgraced lobbyist charged

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020
A disgraced American lobbyist, businessman and movie producer, who was played by actor Kevin Spacey in a movie about his life, has been charged over his role in a fraudulent bitcoin scheme. Jack Abramoff, who in 2006 was sentenced to six years in federal ...

Crypto investment opportunities outright scams: ASIC

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2020
ASIC has reported an increase in investment scams during the COVID-19 pandemic, with most cryptocurrency "opportunities" in particular panning out to be outright scams. The corporate watchdog saw a 20% increase in scam reports from March to May this ...

Investment scams pry $126m from Aussie hands

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2020
Australians lost $126 million to investment scams in 2019, with many fraudsters using 'celebrity' endorsements to rort investors. According to the latest figures coming out of the ACCC's Targeting Scams report, Australians were defrauded ...

Local investment firm to list in Canada

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2020
A Melbourne investment company has gained approval to list on the Canadian Securities Exchange. First Growth Funds Limited, which used to be listed on the ASX, will now trade on the CSE with the ticker FGFL, with the start date to be advised to shareholders ...

Compliance crackdown, consultations on horizon: ASX

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2020
The chief compliance officer of the ASX has revealed the stock exchange is continuing to focus on advisers gouging fees during the COVID-19 crisis, and revealed the several consultations it has on the horizon. Speaking over the phone for the Governance ...

Raiz cuts costs, super increases

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
With market volatility impacting the investment platform's funds under management, Raiz has taken "decisive steps" to cut $1.2 million in costs. It comes as the platform reveals its superannuation product grew by 75.2% to $66.25 million compared ...

Bitcoin bonanza amid COVID-19 crisis

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2020
The investment world's underdog has seen a surge in interest since it hit rock bottom in March, outperforming the US market indices by a mile. Bitcoin, which started the year rising from US$7500 to US$10,5O0, fell just as badly as every other asset ...

Increased customers, incoming crypto: Raiz

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2020
As the world's businesses contract, mobile investment platform Raiz has seen an influx of customers as it prepares to launch a cryptocurrency product. In the first three months of 2020, Raiz saw an increase of 3741 customers, despite global market volatility ...

Hermes handbags an emerging asset class for UHNWs

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020
There's now an index that tracks the value of collectable Hermes bags and they returned 13% in 2019, beating annual returns of other collectables like cars, jewellery, art and rare whisky. Knight Frank Luxury Investment Index, for the first time, added ...