In brief
- Hostplus CIO Sam Sicilia says the retirement fund is eyeing a potential launch as early as next financial year.
- The fund is looking beyond Bitcoin at a wider range of digital assets, including tokenized exposure to areas like music rights.
- It comes as AMP Super, the first Australian fund to back crypto, exited most of its Bitcoin futures position ahead of this year’s market decline.
Crypto is inching closer to Australia’s retirement system, with one of the country’s largest super funds now actively exploring how to offer it to members.
Australian industry superannuation fund Hostplus is exploring whether to open a path into Bitcoin and other digital assets for its members, according to a Bloomberg report.
This move would put…
