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FT’s Cumbo departing after 27 years

July 10, 2026

Posted by Chris Roush

Josephine Cumbo

Financial Times reporter and editor Josephine Cumbo is departing after 27 years.

“The next chapter is an exciting one,” she wrote on LinkedIn. “I’ll be writing a book, alongside a few other projects and side hustles — more details to follow!”

Cumbo was the global pensions correspondent for 10 years.

He covered the big trends in asset allocation by the world’s leading pension investors. She has extensive experience reporting on pensions from corporate to state and private pensions. She is the recipient of numerous awards for her pensions reporting over the past decade.

Cumbo has been with the FT since 1999. She previously spent a year with the BBC.

She holds a degree from Curtin University.

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