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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 ...

Foreign exchange broker banned

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2020
ASIC has banned a former foreign exchange broker from the industry for three years, after it was found he was not fit to provide financial services and had not complied with related laws. Steven Marsh, a former employee of Forex Capital Trading, engaged ...

CMC Markets introduces derivatives platform

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2020
CMC Markets has launched a new derivatives platform to provide access to thousands of single stock CFDs in Australia, the US, Europe and Asia. CMC said the platform has been developed to allow seamless integration with existing systems, including an ...

Saxo Markets launches investment loyalty scheme

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2020
The multi-asset trading and investment specialist has launched a loyalty program that offers investors rewards for trading across asset classes, including CFDs, FX, stocks and bonds. The interactive scheme will be available to all clients in Australia ...

ASIC issues stark warning to retail investors

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2020
ASIC has issued a strongly worded warning to those trying to profit from the COVID-19 induced market volatility who are not investment professionals. The regulator released a 14 page paper on how investors are trading in securities and contracts for ...

Former Kaz Capital adviser banned

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2019
A former Kaz Capital adviser has been banned by ASIC for six years. David Stephen Cornford has been banned from providing financial services for a period of six years following an ASIC investigation during which he was found to be buying and selling ...

Fintech launches active trading platform with no monthly fees

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2018
Saxo Capital Markets Australia has launched its new active trading platform that will let users trade over 35,000 financial instruments at no monthly fees and without expensive legacy hardware. The product is aimed at professional traders and smaller ...

CMC Markets hires head of sales trading

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2018
... to rejoining CMC Markets. His 19 years' experience in the financial sector include the institutional and retail side of the CFD and FX markets; the last five years of his career has focused on business development. Glover also has international experience ...

gigSuper reaches out to self-employed

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2017
... transfer those funds into super to maximise tax-benefits and build for retirement," he said. Stanhope and Batur, both formerly of CFD and Forex provider IG Australia, describe themselves as "refugees from the corporate scene" who understand both the ...

Saxo teams up for auto analysis tool

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2017
Saxo Capital Markets partnered with a stockbroking software provider to incorporate automated technical analysis tools and live trade signals into the SaxoTraderGO platform. The integration of SaxoTraderGO with the Autochartist will allow users to apply ...