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Adviser exodus puts retirement savings at risk: CPA

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2025
CPA Australia says the drastic exodus of financial advisers has put Australians' retirement money at risk, possibly leading them to invest in higher-risk schemes. According to the Financial Adviser Register, there are only 15,300 advisers left in the ...

US-Iran tensions send markets into panic mode

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2025
... currencies, and credit." Meantime, the price of gold rose following the US attack on Iran and with traditional markets closed, crypto gold tokens-digital assets backed by physical bullion-were the only instruments available to trade on the news. Leading ...

New SMSF industry body launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
... chief executive and managing director David Saul, and PKF Melbourne partner Shane Mays. They are joined by Shane Brunette, Crypto Tax Calculator's founder and chief executive, and Michael Jeffriess, the group chief executive of LightYear Docs, We Love ...

$15m crypto scam costs former adviser 10 years

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2025
A former financial adviser that redirected $14.8 million in client and family funds into a crypto scam has been banned for 10 years. Glenda Rogan of Wollongong and Sutherland Shire allegedly transferred at least $14.8 million of funds invested by clients ...

ASIC sues former director of crypto platform owing nearly $60m

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025
Following the collapse of the cryptocurrency platform in 2019, former Blockchain Global director Liang Guo, also known as Allan Guo, is being sued by ASIC over multiple breaches of directors' duties. Guo was restrained from leaving the country following ...

ASIC takes Block Earner case to High Court

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2025
... found that a product issued by Block Earner, which allowed consumers to earn fixed yield returns from lending specified crypto-assets, was not a financial product. ASIC said it is seeking to obtain the High Court's ruling on what falls within the ...

Cointree hit with AUSTRAC fine

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2025
AUSTRAC has hit crypto exchange Cointree with a $75,120 infringement notice over alleged failures to submit suspicious matter reports (SMRs) to AUSTRAC on time. The action comes after Cointree voluntarily disclosed it had not met the reporting timeframes ...

FTX creditors await US$5bn distribution

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2025
... findings that FTX Group failed to implement appropriate controls in areas that were critical for safeguarding cash and crypto assets. FTX Group was tightly controlled by a small group of individuals who falsely claimed to manage FTX Group responsibly ...

Vanguard ETFs claim first, second, and third place for inflows

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2025
... year, however, the Australian ETF industry has grown by $63.96 billion. The best performing products month were mostly crypto related exposures, with the Monochrome Bitcoin ETF returning 13.32%, followed by the the Betashares Crypto Innovators ETF (11.86%) ...

ASIC loses Block Earner case

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2025
... Without modernised guidance, Australia risks losing fintech innovation to offshore markets more supportive of responsible crypto entrepreneurship," he said. Block Earner co-founder and chief executive Charlie Karaboga said this "brings closure to a long ...