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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 ...

ASX names members of new advisory group

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2026
The ASX has appointed seven members to its newly formed Advisory Group on Corporate Governance (AGCG), chaired by Philip Lowe. The group will be filled with superannuation heavy hitters including AustralianSuper chief investment officer Mark Delaney ...

ASX to spend $264m to modernise tech, uplift risk management

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2026
The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) has flagged a jump of 20% in its total expenses to $264.4 million in the first half of the financial year, after it agreed to implement a package of reforms to improve its operations last year. ASX updated its ...

Totality Wealth chief executive exits, replacement named

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2026
The chief executive of Totality Wealth, formerly known as Saxo Australia, has abruptly left the trading platform with a replacement announced. Adam Smith led Totality Wealth since March 2019 when it operated as Saxo Australia. He kept the top job last ...

Zurich Australia offloads investment management business

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2026
Russell Investments is acquiring Zurich Investment Management (ZIM), the investment arm of Zurich Australia, adding close to $2 billion in funds under management (FUM). The transaction will lift Russell Investments' retail and wealth FUM in Australia ...

Global X rides silver's highs

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2026
Global X has launched the Global X Silver Miners ETF (SLVM), the business' second silver-focused product, now available on the ASX. The launch also marks Australia's first dedicated silver miners ETF, which tracks the Solactive Global Silver Miners ...

Fed leaves rates on hold as Powell issues message to Trump

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2026
The US Federal Reserve (Fed) left the interest rate on hold at 3.5% - 3.75% overnight, as was widely expected. The rate hold comes in the wake of the US Department of Justice serving the Fed with grand jury subpoenas, threatening a criminal indictment ...

Inflation 'uncomfortably high' as it rises to 3.8%

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2026
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 3.8% in the 12 months to December 2025, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). "The 3.8% annual CPI inflation to December was up from 3.4% to November," ABS head of prices statistics Michelle Marquardt ...

BPS Financial fined $14m over Qoin Wallet

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2026
The Federal Court has handed BPS Financial $14 million in pecuniary penalties over the way in which it promoted and operated its crypto product Qoin Wallet. According to ASIC, BPS Financial advertised the product as a non-cash payment facility linked ...

Blackwattle launches fund, mandates Equity Trustees

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2026
Blackwattle Investment Partners has launched its new equity income fund, appointing Equity Trustees as responsible entity. The Blackwattle Equity Income Fund invests in listed Australian equities beyond traditional dividend-paying stocks, while also ...