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Storm clouds seen from Williamstown

Trading on weather takes off in unpredictable climate

Financial instruments that offer protection from less severe but more common meteorological events are a hit in the market.

  • Lou Del Bello

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eToro is a major sponsor of the Wallabies.

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.

  • Elizabeth Knight
EToro is a major Rugby Australia sponsor.

Wallabies sponsor hit with ASIC action over its financial betting products

The corporate watchdog says 20,000 Australian customers of eToro lost money trading products known as contracts for difference.

  • Sarah Danckert
Stavro D’Amore with finance Natalie Turnour in Dubai

High-flying trading boss hit with 16 charges

Former Berndale Capital Securities boss Stavro D’Amore and the trading house’s director Daniel Kirby are accused of misusing client funds and providing false information.

  • Sarah Danckert

Beware the ‘dark patterns’ and fine-print online traps

Yes, the government does believe the things businesses do to you online.

  • Ross Gittins
The tie-up between Swyftx and Superhero only lasted six months. 
From left Alex Harper and Angus Goldman from Swyftx, and  John Winters, Wayne Baskin from Superhero.

Crypto regulation threat kills $1.5bn Aussie trading platform merger

Online trading platform Superhero and cryptocurrency group Swyftx have announced the end of their merger just six months after sealing the deal.

  • Sarah Danckert
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ASIC has been warning about “pump and dump” campaigns running on social media.

Trader pleads guilty to manipulating share prices with ‘pump and dump’ posts

Gabriel Govinda, who went by the online name “Fibonarchery”, is facing hefty fines or prison time for market manipulation and the illegal spreading of information on a trading chat site.

  • Clancy Yeates
The ASIC warning was removed soon after being posted.

Investors are dumping the ‘pump and dump’, says watchdog

The corporate watchdog says it has witnessed a sharp drop off in the number of social media savvy traders working to orchestrate “pump and dump” schemes since its crackdown last year.

  • Sarah Danckert
Brendan Doggett, country manager Sharesies Australia.

New apps are enticing fresh investors, but are they turning share trading into a game?

Stake, Superhero and Pearler are some of the new trading platforms promising a shot at financial security to a generation cursed with a bleak housing market and the spectre of inflation.

  • Anthony Segaert and Nick Bonyhady
Alice Davidson is one of the many younger women who started investing online recently

Women ‘take matters into their own hands’ to secure financial future

For the first time, as many women as men are investing in shares and ETFs, and younger women are leading the charge.

  • John Collett

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