Does your public pension fund hold risky crypto-related investments? It can take a fight to find out.

In wake of FTX collapse, many questions, fewer answers about public plans’ private holdings and who is benefiting from them.

• 2023-03-07
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Analysis-Australia's DIY pension funds lose millions on crypto bets, investors not sweating it

Thousands of Australians who used do-it-yourself (DIY) pension funds to bet on cryptocurrencies face hundreds of millions of dollars in losses, jeopardising their savings in a scheme originally set up to ensure adequate retirement income. These risky bets are possible as DIY or self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) fall outside the remit of the prudential regulator that oversees professionally managed funds, thereby allowing them to invest with fewer restrictions. Tens of thousands set up

• 2023-03-02
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