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Hiring for risk, member services to take off

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2026
Recruitment activity across the financial services sector is showing signs of recovery following a lull in 2025, with increased hiring in risk and member services expected. According to the 2026 Financial Services Market Outlook from Kaizen Recruitment ...

Danish pension fund dumps US bonds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2026
A Danish pension fund is divesting all US government bonds from February 1, citing the country's growing debt crisis. Akademiker Pension, the $36 billion pension fund for academics, is selling off all its US government bond holdings, to the tune ...

Alexis George to retire, new AMP chief named

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2026
Alexis George is stepping down at AMP, with chief financial officer Blair Vernon named as her successor. George will retire from executive roles on March 30, bringing to an end more than 30 years in financial services. George joined AMP in August 2021 ...

Spain plans sovereign wealth fund launch

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2026
Spain is launching a sovereign wealth fund to extend the stimulus of the NextGenerationEU funds that saw it through COVID-19. The new fund, to be named 'Spain Grows', will primarily invest in sectors like artificial intelligence (AI), digitalisation ...

Just 450 advisers drop off ASIC FAR after deadline hits

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2026
... determine if they remain authorised to provide personal advice to retail clients. Padua Solutions wealth data manager Colin Williams said that although the industry avoided a catastrophic outcome from the standard, the qualification issue can remain ...

Laws to limit US pension plans' use of ESG pass

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2026
The US House of Representatives has passed the Protecting Prudent Investment of Retirement Savings Act, limiting certain pension funds from considering environmental, social and governance factors in their investment decision making. The House voted ...

Legalsuper executives depart amid reorganisation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2026
A strategic review has seen the exit of Legalsuper's chief commercial officer and chief marketing officer. The super fund confirmed a reorganisation of its leadership team at the end of 2025 which has resulted in the departure of chief commercial ...

GESB alignment strategy sees member, FUM growth

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 JAN 2026
Since launching its One Fund initiative, GESB Super says it has welcomed thousands of new members, many of which reactivated accounts left dormant by their decision to leave the West Australian public sector. In May 2025, GESB implemented its One Fund ...

Trump plans to ban large investors from buying homes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 JAN 2026
US President Donald Trump says he will look to ban large institutional investors from buying up certain residential properties. In a social media post this morning, Trump said he is "immediately taking steps to ban large institutional investors from ...

First Super chief to join rival as investment head

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 JAN 2026
First Super chief executive Bill Watson will bid farewell to the fund for the paper, pulp and timber industries to take up a lead investment role. Watson is joining BUSSQ as chief investment officer, effective April. He has served as chief executive ...