Australian regulator charges former adviser Brett Gordon with fraud

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Former financial adviser Brett Andrew Gordon was charged today with 10 counts of fraud to the total value of $975,600, following an investigation by the regulator the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Gordon appeared before the Maroochydore Magistrates Court, Queensland, Australia. Gordon, of Sunshine Coast, Queensland, was the director of Refocus Financial Group and Diverse Capital Management. ASIC alleges that, between 2015 and 2017, Gordon dishonestly caused a detriment to the trustees of six self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) by withdrawing a total...

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Christopher Copper-Ind is editor-in-chief of International Investment. Before this, he was editorial director of The Business Year, from 2014 to 2017.