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Licensees slash compliance spending: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2025
... reforms wash over corporate Australia" such as Delivering Better Financial Outcomes 2 (DBFO), AML/CTF, Privacy and Digital Assets, he said. Under the re-elected Albanese government, industry bodies are calling for the swift passage of major legislation ...

Sequoia appoints licensee, adviser services lead

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2025
... national business growth manager at AMP Advice where he rebuilt recruitment processes, launched adviser-facing digital assets and executed national roadshows to attract external advisers. Prior to AMP, Stout held transition and growth roles with MLC ...

ASIC loses Block Earner case

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2025
... understand regulators are working in a tough environment. The current legal framework was not made for DeFi or digital assets, yet they're expected to regulate these things as fairly as possible. That's a huge challenge," he said. ASIC now must ...

Trump Media to launch ETFs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2025
... Truth.Fi, its financial services and fintech brand launched in January. The ETFs will comprise digital and non-digital assets, including what Crypto.com described as a "first-of-its-kind" basket of cryptocurrencies incorporating Cronos, its native token ...

Government plans to develop 'fit for purpose' digital asset regime

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2025
... to the sector. They said this initiative would help to build a more dynamic and competitive economy, noting that digital assets and blockchain present "big opportunities" for Australia's financial sector, payments systems, and capital markets. "We want ...

Future Group, family offices back US$100m AI-focused fund

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2025
... commitments." The fund marks King River Capital's fifth fund since its inception in 2019, following its King River Digital Assets Fund in February 2022 and the Inevitable Gaming Fund in April 2024, which has already recorded 180% growth since its launch ...

Asian family office sets up in Melbourne

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025
... said the potential for growth lies in bridging the gap between family offices and institutional clients, between digital assets and traditional finance. He sees second and third-generation high-net-worth clients who want to do more with their wealth ...

Aussie ETF market tipped to hit $300bn in 2025

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2025
... billion, according to new analysis from State Street. The growth, driven by increased active strategies, expansion of digital assets, and use of derivatives in ETFs, will aim to "protect investors against bear markets". State Street predicts at least ...

Betashares launches Bitcoin, Ethereum ETFs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2025
... manager Bitwise. Betashares chief executive Alex Vynokur said investors globally are increasingly incorporating digital assets as part of a diversified portfolio, adding that the ETF issuer is pleased to extend the same opportunity "in the familiar form ...

Cbus hits $100bn in member assets

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2025
... to recycle their respective portfolios. In addition, Chatfield pointed to the global and significant demand for digital assets, those aligned with the energy transition and transportation assets, which he said should remain high. "There will continue ...