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Currency, Crypto and ICO · Commodities · 7 MIN READ

Why the Debasement Trade Matters

If you know many gold bugs, and there are certainly more of them around these days, you may have observed that the number of them touting the arrival of ‘debasement trade’ is on the rise. However, this idea is far from being a new or short-term phenomenon, nor for gold bugs’ eyes only. It’s been a simmering issue for years, and is likely to matter for all investors for many years to come.

Simon Turner - Head of Content (CFA)
Simon TurnerHead of Content (CFA)
9 Feb 2026

Harnessing Currency to Enhance Your Portfolio Returns

As the world adjusts to the knock-on effects of Trump’s new tariffs, currency markets are playing an increasingly pivotal role in driving portfolio outcomes. Whilst currency exposure is often an after-thought for Australian investors, it can be a powerful lever for both risk management and performance enhancement. In short, now’s the time to ensure currency is your portfolio’s friend rather than its foe…

Alternative InvestmentCurrency, Crypto and ICOManaged FundETFInvestor Education
28 July 2025
 · Simon Turner
 · 6 MIN READ

Alternatives No Longer Living Up to their Name

Alternative investments have done what alternative music did in the 90s: become so mainstream that their name doesn’t apply any more. They are no longer reserved for institutional investors and the wealthiest of the wealthy. Alternatives have become a staple component of most high net worth individuals’ portfolios, and are increasingly showing up in mass market portfolios. We investigate the sector’s growth drivers for a steer as to what’s coming…

Alternative InvestmentPrivate AssetsCurrency, Crypto and ICO
24 Mar 2025
 · Simon Turner
 · 5 MIN READ

Harnessing Currency to Enhance Your Portfolio Returns

As the world adjusts to the knock-on effects of Trump’s new tariffs, currency markets are playing an increasingly pivotal role in driving portfolio outcomes. Whilst currency exposure is often an after-thought for Australian investors, it can be a powerful lever for both risk management and performance enhancement. In short, now’s the time to ensure currency is your portfolio’s friend rather than its foe…

Alternative InvestmentCurrency, Crypto and ICOManaged FundETFInvestor Education
28 July 2025
 · Simon Turner
 · 6 MIN READ

Alternatives No Longer Living Up to their Name

Alternative investments have done what alternative music did in the 90s: become so mainstream that their name doesn’t apply any more. They are no longer reserved for institutional investors and the wealthiest of the wealthy. Alternatives have become a staple component of most high net worth individuals’ portfolios, and are increasingly showing up in mass market portfolios. We investigate the sector’s growth drivers for a steer as to what’s coming…

Alternative InvestmentPrivate AssetsCurrency, Crypto and ICO
24 Mar 2025
 · Simon Turner
 · 5 MIN READ

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The Reserve Bank of Australia is running a pilot to explore retail use cases for a central bank digital currency (CBDC) — a digital Aussie dollar or e-dollar, which could be held digitally like cryptocurrencies. This is not the first time CBDC is being tested for real-world use by the RBA. It has carried out two pilots in the last two years to test tokenised CBDC for the wholesale market and cross-border payments.

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If we’re going to talk about cryptocurrencies, let’s start with how many of them exist. And that’s not easy to answer. In the often murky world of digital assets, even establishing the number of currencies is problematic. Depending on the source, in June 2022, somewhere between 2,800 and 19,000 had been created.

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