Victoria’s new stamp duty laws will drive up costs for unlisted wholesale and retail property funds sector, according to the Property Funds Association....

Federal Parliament yesterday passed legislation intended to weed out underperforming superannuation fund trustees, in a move that a major industry body said would “end th...

AMP Limited has acknowledged a multi-million impact flowing from the Government’s legislative changes to superannuation including transferring 370,000 low balance account...

Superannuation funds will likely struggle to meet the Government’s 1 July implementation date for its new superannuation legislation....

The Financial Services Council has welcomed the Senate’s passage of superannuation bills which will reduce fees charged on low balance MySuper accounts....

The Federal Government has controversially amended legislation before the Parliament to target the use of corporate boxes by industry funds to influence employer default ...

With elements of its superannuation legislation stalled by the Christmas/New Year Parliamentary break the Government has opted to use its regulatory powers to push throug...

Despite suggestions it had shelved its push for majority independent directors on superannuation fund boards, the Government has made clear the issue remains very much al...

The Law Council of Australia has urged the Government that it needs to amend proposed new financial product design and distribution laws to exclude intervention in produc...

Industry Super Australia has accused the Government of caving into the retail banks and the wealth management sector in allowing ‘carve-outs’ from the design and distribu...

A key Senate Committee has been told that the Government’s new Design and Distribution Obligations and Product Intervention powers risk putting advisers in conflict with ...

The Federal Government is moving to introduce legislation which will have the effect of doubling the criminal and civil penalties which can be imposed against both corpor...

Industry Super Australia is urging the Government to legislate to compel employers to pay the superannuation guarantee at the same time they pay wages to overcome continu...

DomaCom has said it is pleased with the revised managed investment trust legislation which has removed a residential property prohibition....