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ASIC takes Block Earner case to High Court

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2025
... Federal Court decision found that a product issued by Block Earner, which allowed consumers to earn fixed yield returns from lending specified crypto-assets, was not a financial product. ASIC said it is seeking to obtain the High Court's ruling on ...

Reducing super tax cap to $2m 'a concern': FAAA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2025
... $3 million," Abood said. "So that will obviously catch quite a lot more people. They're also looking for a ban on lending in self-managed super funds on property." Abood said lowering the threshold will put many more retirees at risk, including those ...

Australian private capital sector totals $139bn: Report

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
... is 10 times larger than the closed-end market, which stood at $2.7 billion as of September 2024 - not including private lending to property developers, which currently stands at $10 billion in AUM. Conversely, private equity endured a "challenging year" ...

MA Financial partners to invest $2.6bn in middle market loans

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2025
... senior-secured loans to middle market companies by leveraging the loan origination capabilities of Monroe Capital's direct lending infrastructure, SMBC's private credit and sponsor finance platform and MA Financial's expertise in specialty credit and ...

Vado Private announces senior hire

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2025
... and overseeing the distribution of its investment products to investors. Zukerman has more than 25 years' commercial lending and corporate banking experience. He joins from Carson Capital Holdings, where he was the director of capital markets for ...

KKR, Capital Group debut first public-private investment products

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2025
... bonds, mortgage-related securities, and cash. The fund's private credit allocation typically focuses on corporate direct lending and asset-based finance. The fund seeks to capture a "broader opportunity set," affording investors the ability to pursue ...

Private capital, active ETFs to continue shake up of financial services: Deloitte

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2025
... with access to private markets by investing in both public and private credit such as asset-based finance and corporate lending. Deloitte predicts that private capital within mutual funds and ETFs will be up to 15% of illiquid investment allotment and ...

Taxes and housing dominate election race

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2025
... access to credit and home ownership, supporting the stability of the financial system, and underpinning competition in the lending market. ICA chief executive Andrew Hall said Labor's plan would effectively "nationalise" LMI. "By subsidising all first ...

New impact fund backs marginalised female entrepreneurs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2025
... create meaningful employment for their families and local people," McMullin said. Good Return's remit, however, goes beyond lending, it said. Grant funding deployed alongside the fund is used to train financial institution employees to address gender ...

CEFC funds sustainable real estate credit projects

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2025
... projects. The CEFC and RECP IV will co-invest in construction debt facilities to lift sustainability standards. Primarily lending to residential and commercial office projects, the projects selected will measure and demonstrate cost-effective pathways ...