cryptocurrency

SMSF

Crypto exchange Cointree targets SMSF space

After identifying interest from customers wanting to purchase cryptocurrency with their super, Cointree is partnering with SMSF accounting services provider New Brighton ...

Funds management

Retail-focused crypto funds launch in Australia

The past two months have seen the local launch of a retail-focused “crypto hedge fund” from Every Capital and the “world’s first retail crypto fund” from New Dawn....

Financial planning

Crypto prices driven by investors’ mood

The prices of cryptocurrencies are driven not by any economic factors but purely by the mood swings of investors, according to the Warwick Business School....

Policy & Regulation

Blockchain still faces major hurdles, Morningstar says

While the financial services industry stands to be disrupted by blockchain, the technology is still in its infancy....

Policy & Regulation

Independent Reserve becomes regulated digital currency

Independent Reserve has become the first Australian digital currency exchange to be regulated by the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre under new regulati...

Financial planning

Cryptocurrency owners must be aware of tax changes

New cryptocurrency rules introduced today will see exchanges of the asset reported to AUSTRAC, making transactions more accessible to the Australian Taxation Office....

Financial planning

Advisers should stick to the basics when it comes to bubbles

Advisers should remain the voice of reason for their clients when financial fads occur, experts say. ...

Funds management

Regulatory scrutiny prevalent around cryptocurrencies

ETF Securities has pointed to intensifying issues around the regulatory scrutiny, liquidity, scalability and trust in the creation process and framework around cryptocurr...