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Hargreaves Lansdown adds bitcoin tracker to platform
Hargreaves Lansdown, which operates the UK’s biggest online trading platform, is to allow clients to invest in a dedicated bitcoin Exchange Traded Note (ETN) through its SIPP and brokerage services.
Australian adviser given life ban for stealing A$2.3m
An Australian financial planner has been jailed and permanently banned from providing financial services after pleading guilty to stealing more than A$2.3m (£1.3m, $1.7m, €1.5m) from a nurse to fund his lavish lifestyle.
Emerging Markets | news 1 Jun 17
The asset class that will produce the best returns this year
When it’s up to fund buyers and asset managers, there are only two, or perhaps three, candidates for best performing asset class over the next 12 months.
South Africa’s RDR to tighten independence rules for advisers
When South Africa’s Retail Distribution Review (RDR) is fully introduced, product suppliers to IFAs will be held much more accountable for customer outcomes, according to Caroline da Silva of the country’s main regulator, the Financial Services Board.
Int’l platform Momentum adds ‘guided architecture’ fund range
International platform provider Momentum has launched a new “guided architecture” fund range, which it has developed with its UK asset management arm Momentum Global Investment Management (MGIM).