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Former adviser cops 20-year prison sentence

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2019
A former financial adviser in the US will spend the next 20 years behind bars after defrauding retiree investors of $30 million, some of which was used to fund religious ceremonies to ward off federal investigators. Dawn Bennett of Maryland was this ...

Unfair contract terms extended to insurance

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2019
The Federal Government is extending the unfair contract term regime to insurance contracts. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said proposed amendments to the Unfair Terms in Insurance Contracts Bill 2019 announced this week is the result of the Coalition taking ...

Imminent launch for start-up super fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2019
A start-up superannuation fund underpinned by a managed account solution will officially launch this spring. Tomorrow Super promises to be the "smarter alternative" to traditional retail, industry and self-managed superannuation funds, according to ...

Willis Towers Watson buys Aussie broker

KRISTI CHENG  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2019
Global advisory Willis Towers Watson has acquired Risk Capital Advisors (RCA), a specialist mergers and acquisitions broker in Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. The acquisition is effective immediately, enhancing WTW's offering to clients in ...

TPB welcomes independent review

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2019
The Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) welcomed the release of a discussion paper in the review of the TPB and the Tax Agent Services Act 2009. The new discussion paper outlines the views of Keith James, who is heading up the independent review into the ...

Xplore continues hunt for chief executive

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2019
ASX-listed platform provider Xplore Wealth released its quarterly update, confirming the appointment of a new chief executive is still pending. David Heather stepped down in February on "mutual terms" after four years in the top job. Since then, former ...

Fitzpatricks expands footprint

KRISTI CHENG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2019
Fitzpatricks Private Wealth added another practice to its growing network. Fitzpatricks told Financial Standard it bought a stake in Perth-based Stewart Symonds & Partners, representing 38 new advisers who have joined. It is one of seven new practices ...

Private equity fund raising $300m

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2019
A Sydney-based fund is raising $300 million from instos, family offices and retail investors to further its investments in private equity, renewable energy and real estate. Federation Asset Management chair Greg Bundy, who was previously Merrill Lynch ...

London Stock Exchange in talks to buy Refinitiv

KRISTI CHENG  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2019
London Stock Exchange has confirmed it is in talks to acquire Refinitiv in a US$27 billion deal. The deal would see the stock exchange buying Thomson Reuters' 45% stake in Refinitiv, a global provider of financial markets data and infrastructure that ...

UniSuper advice offering surges

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2019
Demand for UniSuper's specialist advice offering has nearly quadrupled in the last five years, peaking at $13 billion in funds under advice at the end of June 2019. The $80 billion superannuation fund recently opened a member centre in Adelaide ...