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Skynet fraudster terminated by ASIC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2023
... Recent weeks have seen a string of former financial advisers busted for fraud. Earlier this week, former adviser Brett Gordon was jailed for six years for executing a $650,000 SMSF fraud, while last week Gavin Fineff was sentenced to nine years behind ...

Former adviser jailed for six years

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2023
... clients' SMSF savings to pay off his personal debts. Appearing before the Maroochydore District Court, former adviser Brett Gordon faced nine counts of fraud relating to conduct between 2015 and 2018 when he was director of advice practice Refocus Financial ...

Review calls for Reserve Bank overhaul

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2023
... conducted and authored by Australian National University professor Renee Fry-McKibbin, former senior Treasury official Gordon de Brouwer and Canadian central banker Carolyn Wilkins. They have suggested the changes that require legislative reform be implemented ...

Professionalise sustainability within funds: Panel

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023
... it. Appearing at the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds, UTS Institute for Sustainable Futures research director Gordon Noble, Climate Council of Australia independent economist, climate councillor Nicki Hutley and ReThink Sustainability executive ...

State Super welcomes new board member

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2023
... Australian Rail, Tram and Bus Industry Union and the Australian Workers' Union. He also worked as a solicitor for Slater & Gordon Lawyers and the HIV Aids Legal Centre (HALC). State Super chair Nicholas Johnson said Costa's long involvement in the ...

Adviser salaries to jump in 2023: Experts

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2023
... advisers while also trying to attract new advisers into their business." Vivere Recruitment chief executive Christopher Gordon explained he has also seen salary increases for advisers across the board. "We have seen those increases with senior advisers ...

Westpac settles BT Super class action

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 19 DEC 2022
... invested their funds through Westpac Life, allowing Westpac Life to earn fees without providing a valuable service. Slater and Gordon launched legal proceedings against the bank in 2019 as part of its Get Your Super Back campaign. The law firm's ...

ANZ to pay $42m in insurance lawsuit

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2022
... consumer credit insurance (CCI) products. Commonwealth Bank has also reached a settlement for a similar matter. Slater and Gordon filed the class action against ANZ, OnePath Life, OnePath General Insurance, and QBE Insurance in 2020. A spokesperson from ...

Experts weigh in on Brookfield bid for Origin

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2022
... exercising its pre-emption right to purchase that same amount. UTS Institute For Sustainable Futures research director Gordon Noble noted that the Origin Energy bid comes at a time where the country should be engaging in how large investors like super ...

Affordable housing super's Achilles' heel: Weaven

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2022
... members and to garner the best returns. Those funds have actually outperformed over all these years." Meanwhile, Slater & Gordon and Telstra non-executive director Elana Rubin said that if she were re-designing the superannuation system today, she would ...