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The ‘financial heroin’ product that ASIC is trying to bust
Having a win represents a massive high. But if punters lose, withdrawal is financially painful.
- by Elizabeth Knight
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ASIC action forces trading house spruiked by Steve Smith to close
Trade360 owner Sirius Financial is accused of enlisting an offshore call centre to flog its high-risk products that led to significant harm, including one customer losing $400,000.
- by Sarah Danckert
Explainer
Investing
From Gosling to GameStop, ‘shorting’ is having a moment. But what exactly is it?
Shorting someone of change is pretty clearly a bad thing – but what about “shorting” a company?
- by Millie Muroi
Opinion
Oil
The toxic cocktail sparking a commodity crisis
Geopolitical, market and financial volatility can generate unintended and unpredictable consequences. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the West’s response are providing a dramatic illustration of how combustible that combination can be.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Opinion
Interest rates
Will the end of ‘the world’s most important number’ be a Y2K moment?
LIBOR, the world’s key benchmark for trillions of dollars of loans and other financial contracts for half a century, will be largely disappear on January 1.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
‘Finfluencer’ follower wins nearly $500,000 in court over failed investment
The case marks the first time in Australia that a follower of a cryptocurrency influencer has successfully sued the celebrity trader for losses incurred on an investment.
- by Sarah Danckert
Opinion
Hedge funds
Greed is not good: Hedge fund’s implosion hurts some of the world’s biggest banks
There’s no mystery about why a collection of the world’s larger and important banks lined up to provide so much funding and leverage to a character with Bill Hwang’s history.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
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CommSec among brokers slow to pass on ASX fee refunds
The ASX decided to refund fees to derivatives traders impacted by a outage of the key service for options trading. But almost two weeks after money started flowing, some brokers have been slow to pass on the rebates.
- by Charlotte Grieve
Opinion
Interest rates
The financial world’s ‘most important number’ refuses to die
The benchmark interest rate used for trillions of dollars of financial transactions, is being phased out. It’s not going quietly.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Investigation
Online trading
Berndale exposed: fast money, fast cars and the Carlton Crew
Stavro D’Amore was selling financial products on the outer edge of respectability - and the company he kept also liked to live on the edge.
- by Sarah Danckert
Investigation
Scams
'Bigger than the Wolf of Wall Street': How a shady network of brokers ran riot in Australia
Some of the operators in this industry have not just bet against their customers and won; they have rorted them out of cash on an industrial scale.
- by Sarah Danckert