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Synergy FX Expands Product Offer with Leverate's Social Trading Technology
2015-08-10T13:55:50.000+02:00
Synergy FX will integrate Leverate's social trading technology into its MT4 platform to provide social and copying trading for its clients.
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Good News in Australia: Bitcoin to Be Treated as Currency, Not Commodity
2015-08-04T13:51:57.000+02:00
A government inquiry in Australia reversed an earlier decision treating bitcoin as a commodity for sales tax purposes.
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The Reserve Bank of Australia’s Course and the Aussie Exchange Rate
2015-07-31T16:00:33.000+02:00
As the Chinese stock market collpases, the Australian dollar hits new multi-year lows, Jarratt Davis checks out the fundamentals
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AETOS Capital Exposes Chinese Affiliate's Blackmail Attempt
2015-07-27T14:04:21.000+02:00
The plan was to put pressure on the local government and police by contacting the media after hanging protest banners in ten cities.
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Blackmailing Affiliate Stages Protest Against AETOS Capital Group
2015-07-24T14:46:37.000+02:00
The protesters accused the Australian regulated firm of stealing their money and operating against local regulations.
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Regulation
Australian Watchdog Bans Ex-Director of Bankrupt Broker GTL Tradeup
2015-07-24T07:57:51.000+02:00
ASIC says Andrew Jeffers made false or misleading statements regarding benefits from clients' losses and taking the other side of the trade.
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No Urgency to Cut Again in Australia, Despite Low Commodities
2015-07-23T16:57:36.000+02:00
The Aussie dollar remains a tentative sell over the medium term, however the it is the strongest of the commodity currencies at the moment.
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ASIC Halts IPO of Bitcoin Group for Undisclosed Reasons
2015-07-23T11:04:56.000+02:00
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has issued an interim stop order on the planned IPO of Bitcoin Group.
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Deloitte Joins Australian Digital Currency Group
2015-07-20T15:43:00.000+02:00
Deloitte has joined Australian Digital Currency Commerce Association, looking to leverage its expertise for the local industry.
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Crowd Funding
Real Estate and P2P Lending Platform, CoAssets, Goes Public in Australia
2015-07-10T09:29:43.000+02:00
The crowdfunding sector gained its latest public company as CoAssets became listed on the National Stock Exchange of Australia this week.
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Interviews
Forex Nation Founders Explain UK Move, Unique Hybridized Approach
2015-07-06T12:23:40.000+02:00
"Forex Nation has a much better chance to thrive, at a lower opportunity cost, in a regulatory environment that welcomed our philosophies."
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Technology
ICAP’s TriOptima Eliminates AUD 2.15T in Interest Rate Swap Compression
2015-07-06T11:04:45.000+02:00
ICAP continues to experience interest among dealers for its TriOptima compression solution, having reduced $1.65 trillion in AUD IR Swaps.
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Regulation
Australian Watchdog Clarifies Actions Against Interactive Brokers
2015-07-03T11:48:38.000+02:00
ASIC has requested from Interactive Brokers to cease providing all over-the-counter FX services in Australia.
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Westpac-Backed Reinventure Disclosed as Investor in Coinbase's $75M Round
2015-06-30T14:16:58.000+02:00
Reinventure has been disclosed as one of the investors behind Coinbase's record-breaking $75 million funding round earlier this year.
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Regulation
Australian Watchdog Stops Unlicensed Firm's Cold Calling
2015-06-18T13:05:37.000+02:00
The website of the firm in question, FXTS Guru, no longer appears to function and may have been taken offline
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Regulation
Two Australians Convicted of Insider Trading with CFDs
2015-06-12T09:18:59.000+02:00
The maximum penalty for insider trading in Australia is ten years imprisonment, but both these sentences were fully suspended
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Two More Australian 'Big Four' Banks Considering Ripple
2015-06-10T10:52:38.000+02:00
Another two of Australia's 'big four' banks are considering Ripple's protocol to speed up and bring down the cost of currency transfers
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OANDA's Louis Cooper Weighs the Australian FX Market, Mobile Growth
2015-06-03T12:26:34.000+02:00
We are attracting and winning clients away from other providers and I think that will continue to happen moving forward.
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Innovation
Commonwealth Bank of Australia to Use Ripple for Transfers
2015-06-01T11:00:26.000+02:00
Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) has become the next financial institution to adopt the Ripple protocol for currency transfers.
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P2P Lending
Morgan Stanley: P2P Lending in Australia to Hit $22 Billion by 2020
2015-05-25T12:55:50.000+02:00
$22 billion by 2020 is Morgan Stanley's forecast for the size of the P2P lending market in Australia as the sector competes with banks.
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P2P Lending
OnDeck Capital Counting on Lending Growth through Partnerships
2015-04-19T12:19:30.000+02:00
In what is becoming an ultra-competitive industry, OnDeck announced twin partnerships as it looks to expand its marketplace lending business
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Crowd Funding
Healthfundr Australia: Crowdfunding Meets Healthcare
2015-04-13T09:35:16.000+02:00
Australian Healthfundr aims to prove that there is a gap to be filled between healthcare firms and investors through the use of crowdfunding
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Ripple Labs Opens Asia-Pacific Office in Sydney
2015-04-09T10:18:57.000+02:00
Ripple Labs is expanding its presence to the Asia Pacific region, opening an office in Sydney, Australia.
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Reserve Bank of Australia: Not Worth Regulating Bitcoin
2015-04-08T09:10:03.000+02:00
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has said that it is not worth regulating Bitcoin, arguing that the costs would outweigh the benefits.
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Regulation
Australian Watchdog Chief Confirms Tightening of FX Regulations
2015-03-23T10:24:23.000+02:00
Chairman Medcraft said his jurisdiction is being "picked off" by online forex brokers looking to offer excessive leverage.
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