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Marex Group expands structured products to HNWIs

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2026
... that the business has already engaged with distributor clients in APAC to help strategise their offerings, which include crypto-linked products, in response to recent market volatility. "That responsive, service-led engagement will be part of how we ...

Fintech AUDC hires former UBS director, expands senior team

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2026
... last month after spending four years as head of product at Tokyo-based SBI Digital Asset Holdings, the tokenisation and crypto division of SBI and prior to that, five years as solutions architect and technical lead at the Singapore Stock Exchange. Before ...

Digital asset adoption in SMSFs not a surprise: Burgess

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2026
... transformation of Australian retirement savings report, which surveyed some 820 investors, including SMSF trustees with and without crypto investments, and crypto investors with and without SMSFs, indicated almost half (46%) of trustees holding digital ...

Baby boomers look to switch benefactors' advisers: Natixis

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2026
Two-thirds of Australians don't plan to retain their parents' or spouse's financial adviser after they receive an inheritance. According to Natixis Investment Managers' (Natixis IM) Great Wealth Transfer report, baby boomers, Australians aged between ...

Coinbase receives AFSL, plans product expansion

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2026
... Coinbase Australia, a subsidiary of Coinbase Global, has been granted an Australian financial services licence (AFSL), as the crypto exchange looks to expand into traditional financial products leveraging digital asset infrastructure. Shortly after the ...

ASIC disqualifies crypto fund director for five years

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2026
ASIC has disqualified Ashod Ohan Balanian from managing corporations for five years for his involvement in three failed companies which operated a cryptocurrency fund. Balanian is disqualified until at least 31 March 2031. ASIC found Balanian engaged ...

Digital assets framework bill passes, paves the way for consumer confidence

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2026
... operating standards as other financial services providers and giving consumers greater confidence to buy, hold, and sell crypto assets. "While this strengthens Australia's standing in the global digital economy, we urge the government to prioritise ...

Hostplus weighs digital asset exposure for members

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2026
... representing roughly around $57 billion of its total assets under management. AMP's then senior portfolio manager Steve Flegg said crypto had "become too big, and its potential was too great to continue to ignore," while acknowledging that it is "risky ...

Binance Australia to pay $10m over deliberate customer misclassifications

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2026
... than 85%, or 524, of its retail clients between July 2022 and April 2023. ASIC commenced legal proceedings against the crypto platform in December 2024 alleging the entity breached multiple obligations, including inadequate oversight and subpar onboarding ...

ASIC warns Gen Z against chasing unrealistic crypto gains

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2026
... volatility and long-term investing. A national survey conducted by YouGov found around one in four Gen Z Australians owns crypto; 66% said they take a speculative approach to at least some of their crypto investments. Twenty-four percent of Gen Z crypto ...
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