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ASIC tightens grip on ICO issuers

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2018
... for cryptocurrency service providers were announced. AUSTRAC's new suite of cryptocurrency laws will regulate digital currency exchange providers when they come into effect mid-May. Meanwhile, the US corporate regulator has been going after ICOs that ...

Chief economist update: A$ falls to the occasion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2018
... many a thing to set the A$'s value...but that's if we're living pre-12 December 1983, the days before the Australian currency was allowed to float and left to the whims of market speculations and fluctuations. "A$ down!" is again making the news as I ...

Chief economist update: Prudence, patience and persistence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
... the reduction in asset purchases or the euro's appreciation or exit speculations, recent data indicate that the single currency area's growth momentum is slowing down. This isn't lost on ECB President Mario Draghi. While Draghi offered a sober assessment ...

Sales director moves from Legg Mason

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2018
... Barker, said the responsibilities of Nunan would be focused on portfolio management duties across cash, fixed income, currency and overlay strategies. "The Treasury Services team provides a comprehensive suite of cash, currency and derivative solutions ...

Chief economist update: Can't get enough of war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2018
... report entitled "Macroeconomic and Foreign Exchange Policies of Major Trading Partners of the United States." Yes, the currency war manifesto. "This report, by monitoring where unfair currency practices may be emerging and encouraging policies and reforms ...

Cryptocurrency service providers now regulated: AUSTRAC

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2018
... agency looks to mitigate criminal risk in the sector. AUSTRAC's new suite of cryptocurrency laws will regulate digital currency exchange providers. The laws ensure these exchanges now face the same regulatory requirements of other regulated financial ...

WAM Capital founding director resigns

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018
... and is a lecturer at the Faculty of Law at UTS. She is also an industry advisory board member at the Australian Digital Currency Association and deputy chair of the Australian Computer Society's blockchain technical committee. "The board is delighted ...

FIIG Securities goes global, appoints chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2018
... global footprint for the group." Over the last 20 years, FIIG Securities has made thousands of Australian and foreign currency corporate bonds available to its Australian investor base. It has originated more than 45 Australian-dollar denominated corporate ...

Chief economist update: Japan's other war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2018
... versus the greenback this year to date (after recording a 3.1% increase in 2017). It goes without saying that the Japanese currency's appreciation alone would give America a competitive advantage in its bilateral trade with Tokyo as "Made in Japan" products ...

Chief economist update: The euro's doing Trump's work in the Eurozone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2018
... another 3.6% versus the greenback this year, on top of its 13.8% gain in 2017. Never mind Trump, this alone calls for a currency war for as the latest HIS Markit Economics flash Eurozone PMI shows, "Eurozone expansion slows to weakest since start of ...