Pepperstone relocates head office to Melbourne’s CBD LeapRate

May 20, 2015 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

Pepperstone relocates head office to Melbourne's CBD

‘We are excited to be located on Collins Street, the heart of Melbourne’s Finance industry" - Owen Kerr, CEO, Pepperstone

May 20, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

ASIC cancels 120 financial services licenses in H2 2014

The first licensing activity report by Australia's financial watchdog shows it granted 174 AFS licenses and cancelled 120 such licenses in the second half of 2014.

May 12, 2015 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

ASIC continues FX clampdown, revokes Rainbow Legend Group's AFS license

Australian financial services regulator ASIC is continuing its direction of clamping down on the activities of retail FX firms in its jurisdiction, this time revoking FX and CFD brokerage Rainbow Legend's AFS license for making false and misleading statements

April 14, 2015 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

CFTC and Australian Prudential Authority sign memorandum of understanding on cross border regulation

US and Australian authorities have signed an agreement to cooperate with regard to the supervision and oversight of regulated firms that operate on a cross-border basis in the United States and in Australia

April 08, 2015 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

Australia's central bank decides not to regulate Bitcoin

The Reserve Bank of Australia welcomes Bitcoin as part of Australia's financial landscape, but sees no need to introduce regulation

April 07, 2015 BY Mike Fox

ACYFX is holding a financial trading summit with top Australian universities

ACYFX, an Australian based Forex broker and FX trading education provider is to hold a financial trading summit with the University of New South Wales (UNSW) and University of Sydney (USYD). UNSW is known for its commercial and engineering schools which are ranked top in Australia, even in the world. While alumnus from USYD include six…

April 07, 2015 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

ASIC to investigate spike in Australian Dollar

ASIC is also investigating foreign exchange movements shortly before the Reserve Bank of Australia’s announcements in February and March 2015.

February 18, 2015 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

Bullion Index gains membership of physical-delivery exchange Bullion Capital

Bullion Index now provides physical gold, silver and platinum via an intuitive trading platform with access to 18 bullion products over 14 global trading hubs, with participants are able to trade on live prices in multiple global locations through a central limit order book

February 03, 2015 BY Mike Fox

Australia regulator tightens rules for forex brokers applying for an ASIC license

Aussie regulator speaks on tightening up requirements for new FX brokers looking to operate down under. Spokesman states, "very changed environment..."

December 12, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

Invast Australia launches direct market access CFDs

Clients of Invast Australia are now able to trade equity CFDs along with opening and closing auctions such as the ASX on a direct market access basis across Australian and international venues

Tag: Australia