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Cryptocurrency interest underwhelming: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2017
Despite all the hype, Financial Standard's latest pulse survey shows a majority of people have no interest in using or investing in virtual currency. An overwhelming number of respondents (63%) have no plans to trade in cryptocurrency such as bitcoin ...

Advisers divided on mixing advice: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2017
... interested in them, then you deserve to be disrupted by robo-advice." Financial Standard's weekly spot poll this week asks about crypto-currency.

Technology will shape financial services

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2017
... services over the next decade and those that don't adopt will be left behind, Riddell said. While Riddell doesn't think crypto-currencies will have any major impact on the financial services industry, he does believe its backbone - blockchain - will ...

Fintechs pose disintermediation threat: CFA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2017
The latest CFA Institute report shows fintechs specialising in blockchain, robo-advice, mobile payments and peer-to-peer lending have the highest potential to disintermediate the financial services industry. CFA Society Sydney president Anthony Serhan ...

Financial advisers should consider bitcoin as an asset class: Dunworth

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2017
... [early] stage with bitcoin," he said. Cambridge University counts as many as 5.8 million unique users of the so-called crypto currency wallet, most of whom use bitcoin. More than 100,000 merchants and vendors now accept bitcoin as a form of payment albeit ...

CBA and Queensland Treasury build blockchain bond

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2017
Commonwealth Bank issued the world's first government bond built using blockchain. The bank created a cryptobond for Queensland Treasury Corporation via its capital markets blockchain platform, the first of its kind both in Australia and globally. QTC ...

Asset owners, managers not prepped for blockchain

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016
A survey by State Street has found that while 65% of APAC asset owners and managers expect blockchain technology to be widely adopted in the next five years, only 33% of participants actually have blockchain initiatives underway at present to support ...

ASX partners with US tech firm for new trade platform

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2016
The ASX has partnered with US firm Digital Asset to develop new post-trade platforms. In a statement, the exchange operator said this was part of its wider plans to upgrade all of its main trading platforms using distributed ledger technology, with ...

ASIC stops Bitcoin miner discussing IPO

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2015
ASIC has issued a stop order prohibiting Bitcoin Group from discussing its intention to IPO prior to submitting a prospectus. Bitcoin Group is a "miner" of the Bitcoin cryptocurrency. This entails using software to solve complex mathematical problems ...

Bitcoin exchange goes live

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2014
Bitcoin enthusiasts who want to trade the controversial cryptocurrency in a formal setting can now do so, with the launch of Independent Reserve's Bitcoin exchange. The exchange, which is based in Sydney, goes live today. Independent Reserve chief executive ...