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‘Rational bubble’, but crypto acceptance increasing

Europe’s largest asset manager, with EUR$1.4 trillion ($2.2 trillion) in investor funds, Amundi Asset Management, recently weighed into the cryptocurrency phenomenon, releasing a ‘Blue Paper’ on the topic. It offers a unique insight from a traditional fund manager on what is a clearly non-traditional asset class. From the outset the authors, deputy CIO Vincent Mortier…

Staff Writer | 6th Apr 2021 | More
Crypto the next big trend in financial planning

There are a plethora of reasons for advisers to dismiss Bitcoin and other crypto assets as a worthy holding in clients’ investment portfolios. For one, they’re for the most part unregulated. To say they’re volatile is an understatement. Let’s not forget the serious fraud and theft concerns that accompany it. But crypto is here to…

Contributor | 1st Mar 2021 | More
Portfolio diversification through innovation – Part 2

Part 2 – Apollo Capital Fund It has been a busy few months for Bitcoin and the cryptocurrency world. Bitcoin’s price rocketed to an all-time high of US$51,785 this month on reports that Tesla would now accept bitcoin as payment for its cars and other products. And so, while the price of cryptocurrencies has started…

Ishan Dan | 18th Feb 2021 | More
  • All Ords hit pre-pandemic high

    All Ords hit pre-pandemic high, ASX200 up 0.6%, Vocus (ASX:VOC) in play again The ASX200 (ASX:XJO) finished the week the same way it finished, adding 0.6% on Monday supported by a broad-based rally covering most sectors. Materials and discretionary retailers were the biggest beneficiaries of the risk-on mood, with BHP (ASX:BHP) and Wesfarmers Ltd (ASX:WES) finishing 2.4% and 1.0% higher respectively….

    The Inside Adviser | 8th Feb 2021 | More
    Is this the biggest risk in your portfolio?

    While listening to a conference by multi-asset investment manager, Ruffer LLP – an event we covered here – it became evident that most portfolios are inadequately prepared for the future that lies ahead. While UK-based Ruffer is little-known in Australia, the group manages over GBP$21 billion ($37.5 billion) across most asset classes, and recently received…

    The Inside Adviser | 1st Feb 2021 | More
    Bitcoin: the nonsensical asset that makes sense for now

    When a 25-year-old English fund manager with £21 billion (A$37 billion) under management discloses it had made a sizable investment in bitcoin, it is bound to give the institutionalisation of the cryptocurrency a big kick along. This is especially so when the manager regards bitcoin as a potential store of wealth and not an alternative…

    Greg Bright | 28th Jan 2021 | More
  • ASX down 0.9%, Bitcoin falls 20%

    Blistering start slows, ASX down 0.9%, bond rates higher, Bitcoin falls 20% After a blistering opening to the year in which the ASX200 (ASX:XJO) added 2.6%, attention once again turned to the economic outlook, sending the ASX200 down 0.9% on Monday. Every sector but energy weakened, with the IT sector the hardest hit falling 2.2%, Afterpay (ASX:APT) a key detractor down…

    Drew Meredith | 11th Jan 2021 | More
    Bitcoin builds credibility for a new asset class

    The recent surge in the market value of Bitcoin (BTC) has made headlines this holiday season as the underlying structure of the market continues to attract more institutional investors. Recent announcements from global leading fund managers, corporations and insurance companies have highlighted a seismic shift in an investor base focused on Bitcoin’s value proposition of…

    Michael Armitage | 11th Jan 2021 | More
  • Wild swings, but bitcoin proves its digital mettle

    Like most assets, bitcoin cruised into the new year in 2020, racking up a 44% rise until mid-February. Then, like the stock market, BTC took fright at the extent of the global disaster that Covid-19 rapidly proved to become. But while the S&P 500 index plunged by 33.7% before a floor was (at least temporarily)…

    James Dunn | 13th May 2020 | More