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...

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has welcomed the fact that financial advice and how it is delivered has been excluded from draft legislation handing the Australi...

In an effort to strengthen the regulator, the Turnbull Government has nominated Treasury veteran John Lonsdale to fill a newly created second deputy chair role at the Aus...

The Turnbull Government has released draft legislation on the tax treatment of stapled structures aimed at ensuring foreign investors pay their fair share of tax....

A proposal by Treasury to increase regulation for unlisted property products could lead to fewer products being available to retail investors, the Property Funds Associat...

The Federal Government will further test its relationship with the major banks after initiating an Open Banking review aimed at giving consumers greater transparency and ...

Financial services product manufacturers should not be allowed to weasel out of their obligations and should be made to provide warranties around their retirement income ...

SMSF Association chief executive, Andrea Slattery, has pointed to the need for super policy certainty amid the current market volatility....

Malavika Santhebennur looks at what legislative changes the SMSF sector can expect in 2016 and what remains in limbo in part two of this feature on SMSFs....

The FPA has provided Treasury with its submission on the proposed industry funding model for ASIC. In its submission, the FPA has highlighted its concerns about the equit...

The Government’s decision to lift minimum education standards for new planners puts 22,500 existing financial planners in limbo, DeakinPrime warned. ...

While Kelly O’Dwyer has succeeded Josh Frydenberg as Assistant Treasurer most of the key advisory personnel are expected to remain in place....

Australian super funds have lobbied Treasury to seek a resolution over the tax block imposed on UK pension tranfers...

ASIC has been warned that cobbling together guidance on PDS fee disclosure is not enough and that the underlying legislation needs to be fixed....