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Commonwealth Bank to add crypto services

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 NOV 2021
Commonwealth Bank will become the first bank in Australia to offer the ability to buy, sell and hold crypto assets via a strategic partnership with Gemini and Chainalysis.

Netwealth proposes merger with Praemium

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 2 NOV 2021
Early this morning Netwealth made an unsolicited bid of $785 million to merge with Praemium, but the latter has rejected the move.

BNP Paribas scores new FX mandate

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2021
BNP Paribas has been appointed by a boutique manager to manage its FX execution in a range of developed market currencies.

ACSRF expands digital partnership

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2021
The Australian Catholic Superannuation and Retirement Fund is expanding its digital partnership with SS&C.

J.P. Morgan joins OpenInvest

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2021
J.P. Morgan Asset Management has joined OpenInvest, giving retail investors access to its multi-asset model portfolios.

AMP adds options to MyNorth

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2021
AMP added 23 new Australian equities and exchange traded funds to the MyNorth Managed Portfolios menu and launched an educational paper for financial advisers.

eToro expands crypto offering

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2021
The multi-asset investment platform has added 15 new cryptoassets to its platform for local investors and will introduce staking from next week.

BT identifies Panorama outage cause

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2021
BT has identified the cause of its $147 billion platform being down for a week, with new chief executive Matt Rady making assurances for the future.

Crypto regulation proposed: Bragg

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2021
A Senate committee is proposing a regulatory framework for digital assets and crypto-asset businesses to protect consumers, promote investment in Australia and deliver competition, but the industry has concerns.

HUB24 to acquire Class

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 18 OCT 2021
SMSF technology provider Class has agreed to be acquired by HUB24 via a scheme of arrangement.