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iShares Core launches in Australia

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2016
BlackRock has launched its iShares Core exchange traded fund (ETF) range in Australia to provide investors with low cost, high quality and diversified exposures. iShares Core comprises thee equity ETFs and two fixed income ETFs that be combined to construct ...

Pillar enters blockchain

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2016
... blockchain was the most important software breakthrough in 50 years. "In six months you're not going to read an article about block chain because everyone would have forgotten about it. If you do, it will be something about how it's overrated, immature ...

BNP and SmartAngels announce Blockchain partnership

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2016
Global custodian BNP Paribas Securities Services and direct investment platform SmartAngels have signed a strategic crowdfunding partnership for the use of blockchain. The partnership will allow private companies to issue securities on the primary market ...

ASIC and UK regulator sign fintech deal

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016
ASIC and the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) have agreed to support innovative businesses or fintechs entering each other's respective markets. The goal is to reduce regulatory uncertainty for new Australian businesses entering the UK market ...

International pension funds buy London City airport

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2016
... central London airport have been blocked by the mayor, Boris Johnson. City airport is appealing against Johnson's decision to block its proposed £200 million ($386 million) expansion plan, which would have doubled its passenger traffic by 2030, extending ...

Unconstrained bond funds disappoint in 2015

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2016
... funds were quite highly correlated with these higher risk sectors in 2015. Given that a lot of these funds are new on the block, it's hard to get a good idea of performance. But 2015 was certainly an interesting test case."

New hope for DomaCom Kidman bid

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2016
DomaCom's offer to acquire the pastoral empire that is Kidman Station has been given a shot in the arm with S.Kidman & Co reopening the company's sale to Australian investors. DomaCom chief executive officer Arthur Naoumidis said the announcement endorsed ...

ASX partners with US tech firm for new trade platform

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2016
... "blocks" with a group of recent transactions which are then added to the "chain" in a permanent database, creating a new block in the process. In Bitcoin's case, this chain is publicly distributed and creates a permanent ledger of all transactions that ...

BGL joins DomaCom in fight for Kidman

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2016
Fractional property investment fund DomaCom has secured a new partner in its crowd-funding bid to acquire the Kidman Station pastoral holdings. BGL Corporate Solutions, a cloud-based SMSF administration solution, is backing DomaCom's Kidman Station ...

CBA innovation hubs go global

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2016
Commonwealth Bank (CBA) is building on its Sydney innovation lab by launching a second lab in Hong Kong and unveiling plans to expand to London later this year. CBA group executive institutional banking and markets, Kelly Bayer Rosmarin, said Hong Kong's ...