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Financial advisers should consider bitcoin as an asset class: Dunworth

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2017
... business, there is no better way to do it than to get their feet wet and invest in bitcoins. "You don't have to break the bank. You could invest in $10, $100 or $1000 worth of bitcoin," Dunworth said. "It's exactly what I said when bitcoins were at $500 ...

BTFG drags Westpac performance

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2017
Westpac's wealth and insurance arm BT Financial Group delivered mixed results for the bank, financial reports released to the ASX show. Every division, with the exception of BTFG "performed solidly" in the six months to March, the bank said. Chief executive ...

Court approves Rubik sale

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2017
The Federal Court has given the tick for the sale of 100% of shares in Rubik Financial to a Geneva-based software provider. As mentioned in Financial Standard in February, Rubik entered into an agreement whereby Temenos would acquire the company for ...

Budget Eve

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2017
... good for his Budget - the budget deficit to GDP would be lower if GDP is higher - but it's also consistent with the Reserve Bank of Australia's more optimistic outlook for this land down under. When the RBA released its monetary policy decision last ...

Bravura extends international mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2017
Bravura Solutions was awarded a renewed mandate from the insurance business of one of the UK's largest retail banks. The financial services software provider signed a new five-year contract with Lloyds Banking Group to continue its insurance arm's funds ...

FPA appoints conduct commission chair

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2017
The Financial Planning Association of Australia is taking a step forward to becoming a code monitoring body with the appointment of a new chair to its conduct review commission. Graham McDonald, a solicitor and barrister with experience in dispute resolution ...

Which part of the elephant are you holding?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2017
... (WEO) forecast". That's good. However, while the IMF may have gotten its prediction correct (this time), that of the World Bank's (WB) is looking shaky. The retreat in commodity prices in recent times - the RJ/CRB Commodity Total Return Index is down ...

ANZ and ETFS cut ties

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2017
ANZ ETFS is no more as the rapidly-downsizing bank decided to end its joint venture with ETF Securities, creating a separate business in the process. ANZ ETFS has been rebranded ETF Securities Australia, and eight exchange-traded products originally ...

NAB Wealth growth steady

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2017
National Australia Bank's wealth business reported modest growth in the half year to March, while finalising the sale of its life insurance business contributed significantly to the group's bottom line. NAB does not split out its consumer banking and ...

Challenger recruits CBA research manager

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2017
Challenger has appointed a new national key account manager. Shane Brereton joins Challenger from Commonwealth Bank, where he was senior manager research. Prior to that, he was a senior research analyst at CBA. He was also a business analyst and research ...