crypto

Funds management

Stretched equity valuations and poor fixed income yields are leading professional investors to increase their allocations to cryptocurrency....

Funds management

Is crypto a Ponzi scheme?

The speculative activity and lack of fundamental value are indicators that cryptocurrency is a Ponzi scheme and could require tougher regulation in the future....

Funds management

Thematic ETFs unlikely to repeat early gains

With the launch of BetaShares Crypto Innovators ETF trading almost $40 million, investors need to be careful they aren’t following the herd by picking thematic products w...

Funds management

Crypto ETF breaks ASX records

A cryptocurrency-themed exchange traded fund from BetaShares has broken records after trading almost $40 million in its first day of trading on the Australian Securities ...

Funds management

Asset managers welcome ASIC crypto findings

The regulator’s announcement giving approval to the launch of crypto-asset products has been welcomed by asset managers....

Funds management

VanEck to launch Bitcoin ETF

Plans for a spot-based Bitcoin exchange traded fund launch follows ASIC consultation into crypto-assets. ...

Financial planning

Australians saving crypto for house deposit

There is a misguided perception that cryptocurrency is being used for short-term purposes with a quarter of Australians indicating they intend to hold it for over five ye...

Superannuation

Could super funds hold Bitcoin?

As a Kiwisaver fund introduces a weighting to Bitcoin, could it be an option for Australian super funds?...

Funds management

ASIC crypto consultation welcomed

The creators of cryptocurrency fund Monochrome have praised the regulator’s consultation into cryptocurrency strategies as it considers launching a Bitcoin exchange trade...

Funds management

First-time investors get it wrong: Wealth Within

Buying into something that has already risen strongly and believing you will gain the same return in the future is a flawed strategy, Wealth Within warns....