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The revolving door of opportunities for advisers in 2026

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2026
... advice, she stated. "With longer life expectancy, usually younger than their partners, women are inheriting larger sums of wealth and taking control of financial decisions more than ever before. "They are seeking guidance and financial education to build ...

Alexis George to retire, new AMP chief named

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2026
... bringing to an end more than 30 years in financial services. George joined AMP in August 2021, tasked with cleaning up the wealth giant following the Royal Commission and subsequent scandals involving several senior executives. Her tenure marked a major ...

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 ...

Oxfam calls for net wealth tax

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2026
The average Australian billionaires' wealth grew by almost $600,000 a day in the past year, or over $10.5 billion collectively, Oxfam research found. Globally, billionaire wealth jumped by over 16% in 2025, three times faster than the past five-year ...

BlackRock, State Street see assets climb

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2026
... "BlackRock is at the forefront of some of the largest new growth channels across the industry - from private markets to wealth and 401(k), to active ETFs, to private markets data, to digital assets and tokenisation." Meantime, State Street Investment ...

Just 450 advisers drop off ASIC FAR after deadline hits

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2026
... nearly 100 new entrants (98). RI Advice Group added eight new advisers to bring its total to 229. It is followed by Alliance Wealth which gained seven to grow to 383, Fortnum Advice which added four and now has 49, Partners Wealth Group Financial Advice ...

Blackstone promotes first private wealth hire

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2026
... has promoted a Sydney staffer to managing director. Lisa Rose has started a new position as managing director of private wealth just one year after being appointed principal at the US$1.2 trillion private equity giant. Rose was Blackstone's first ...

Super moves: NGS Super, HESTA, Mercer

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2026
... power, energy & utilities and consumer products sectors. She was an investment analyst with Mercer's institutional wealth business, where she worked with the responsible investments team as well as serving as a private markets specialist. Separately ...

Morningstar bulks up managed portfolios team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2026
... as national director, investment specialist. Srinivasan brings over 25 years of strategic sales leadership in the local wealth management industry. Leading the sales team, he will drive Morningstar's distribution strategy for its managed portfolios ...

Maple-Brown Abbott partners to launch global infra fund

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2026
... said. It will also draw on Pacific's established distribution network, offering access to global financial institutions, wealth managers, and institutional investors. Maple-Brown Abbott Global Listed Infrastructure co-founder and portfolio manager Andrew ...