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The Financial Review’s reputation for news-breaking, agenda-setting and authoritative analysis finds new expression in AFR Live, a series of premium, independent and hard-hitting business events.

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Fred Schebesta, founder of Finder,  at the Summit on Monday.

Crypto dream is being ‘killed’ by policy paralysis

Crypto entrepreneurs say the government’s failure to produce digital asset legislation and aggressive enforcement by the regulator is forcing product development underground and new businesses to be launched overseas.

  • James Eyers, John Kehoe and Joshua Peach
Richard Galvin, of DACM spoke at the The Australian Financial Review Crypto and Digital Assets Summit in Sydney on Monday.

Go long and let others take the risk: crypto fundies’ top strategies

Some of Australia’s best performing digital asset managers have told investors to ignore the noise when mulling a bet on cryptocurrencies.

  • Lucy Dean and Joshua Peach
 Anthony Scaramucci, attending the The Australian Financial Review Crypto and Digital Assets Summit virtually, says as many as 2 million single-issue crypto voters could swing the US election.

Bitcoin bros could swing US election: Scaramucci

The former communications director for the Trump presidency said 2 million voters could swing on the candidates’ differing digital asset policies.

  • Joshua Peach

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ASIC Commissioner Simone Constant said talk of corporate compliance in cyber could hide the cruel criminal conduct occuring.

ASIC readies to wield a big stick against boards lax on cybersecurity

The regulator is talking about investigating directors who have been remiss in guarding against hackers. Not everyone thinks that’s the best approach.

  • Paul Smith
John Mullen, the former chairman of Toll, says with the benefit of hindsight he might have paid a ransom when hackers stole data from his private maritime museum.

Why John Mullen wishes he’d paid a cyber ransom

When hackers targeted Qantas chairman John Mullen’s private maritime museum, he didn’t pay the ransom out of principle.

  • Tess Bennett

In our world, cybersecurity is no longer guaranteed, says Burke

Cybersecurity Minister Tony Burke warns that cyberattacks are evolving so quickly the “normal methods of how government would assist just aren’t appropriate.”

ASIC is investigating how boards and directors have responded to cyberattacks following warnings from ASIC chairman Joe Longo.

ASIC pursues board directors over cyber breaches 

ASIC says more investigations are underway, scrutinising how boards and directors have responded to cyberattacks.

  • Tess Bennett
Home Affairs and Cyber Minister Tony Burke will unveil new laws at the AFR Cyber Summit on Tuesday.

Business to get cyber ‘safe harbour’ protections

New laws will mean companies cannot be punished based on data they share with authorities while trying to recover from cyberattacks.

  • Paul Smith
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Cocoon chief executive Trent Telford in Washington.

Aussie cyber firm goes it alone with US expansion

Trent Telford is on a high after his firm Cocoon Data scored a Google deal and made progress cracking the US market, but he says it’s no thanks to the Australian government.

  • Matthew Cranston
An AI deepfake image by Eliot Higgins, the founder of investigative outlet Bellingcat, purports to show Donald Trump being arrested.

Why AI is a double-edged sword in the fight against cyberattacks

Artificial intelligence can overwhelm traditional cybersecurity based on rigid rules and human oversight. But it can also provide the best defence.

  • Rita Gatt

Bank profits are the price of trust, and bitcoin proves it

One way to think about part of the profits that banks make is that it’s the cost of providing trust. But first you need to understand how blockchains work.

  • Richard Holden
It’s all about the location: Dexus CEO Ross Du Vernet.

Offices are back – except if they’re out in the suburbs

The country’s most experienced real estate executives and investors warn that low-grade towers are unlikely to ever recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • Michael Bleby
The Australian office property market is deeply divided, and likely to become more so.

‘End of WFH nonsense’ not the only factor in office property fightback

The office property market is deeply divided between the assets no one wants and the jewels that are in short supply.

  • James Thomson
Morgan Stanley Australia chairman Tim Church told the Financial Review Property Summit that he expected M&A activity will pick up.

Morgan Stanley’s Tim Church awaits real estate M&A’s ‘big thaw’

The investment bank’s veteran real estate operator says expectations of impending interest rate cuts and a desire to deploy capital is getting deals going.

  • Jemima Whyte
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CFOs at the helm: driving growth in a dynamic business landscape

How today’s CFOs are at the forefront of strategic decision-making, driving innovation and unlocking future opportunities for growth.

Charter Hall CEO David Harrison.

Power crisis is as big as Australia’s housing crisis: Charter Hall

The lack of reliable energy is already hitting industrial property assets and will hit harder as investment ramps up in data centres, the industry warns.

  • Michael Bleby
Lendlease chief executive Tony Lombardo, right, with AFR columnist James Thomson on stage at the Financial Review Property Summit.

Lendlease chief says critics ‘got it 80 per cent right’

Under pressure from major investors like John Wylie and David Di Pilla, the country’s largest property group is selling more than $4.5 billion in assets

  • Michael Bleby
Housing minister Clare O’Neil speaking at the AFR Property Summit

Developers warn creeping costs making all but luxury homes difficult

Some of the country’s largest builders say they are pivoting towards properties for older downsizers and wealthy baby boomers to make the margins they need.

  • Larry Schlesinger and Michael Bleby
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Common attributes of crypto owners include being male, having a victimhood mindset and relying on fringe social-media sources for news.

Crypto owners are more likely to have psychopathic traits, study says

Digital asset holders exhibit higher levels of “dark” personality attributes, such as narcissism, Machiavellianism and sadism, according to an academic paper.

  • Teresa Xie

August

The JCP3 earlier this month coordinated a joint day of action to disrupt scammers.

Younger people overtake Boomers as biggest investment scam victims

More than half of investment scam victims last financial year were aged under 50, while a similar portion of the losses were in cryptocurrency, according to the AFP.

  • Ronald Mizen
Generic Sydney Barangaroo Metro North West Link under construction. Public transport, rail network, infrastructure, CBD. Friday 2nd August 2024 AFR photo Louie Douvis .

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Super funds in the new era of scrutiny and engagement

Dissect wealth and advice trends and how to deliver better outcomes for savers, retirees and investors at the Financial Review’s Super and Wealth Summit 2024.

The Albanese government is launching a new scheme to reach its renewable energy goal, underwriting private companies to build new projects to boost energy supply.

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The Energy and Climate Summit addresses the big questions about the management and pace of the country’s energy transition and explores the opportunities it presents in our journey towards a low-carbon economy