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Blue Owl sells US$1.4bn assets to pension funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2026
Blue Owl has liquidated US$1.4 billion worth of assets from several private credit strategies and sold them to four unnamed major pension funds and insurance companies. The redemption includes US$600 million of direct lending investments from Blue Owl ...

Product showcase: Strength amid noise

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2026
Brought to you by La Trobe Financial. Despite a constantly shifting political landscape, US private credit is still an attractive option for investors looking to break into the sector, according to La Trobe Financial chief investment officer Chris Paton. ...

Aware Super overhauls investment team structure

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2026
... assets will also now report directly to Warner. The elevation of defensive assets, which includes fixed income and private credit, highlights their importance to the fund's retirement strategy, it said. Sonia Baillie has been named head of defensive ...

Oaktree sales exec lands at Ares

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2026
... Asset Management and Colonial First State. Separately, Ares has appointed Ty Thurgood as managing director, systematic credit, following its acquisition of London-based systematic fixed income manager BlueCove Limited. The deal, which closed on 3 February ...

Super moves: Future Fund, NZ Super, Aware Super, VFMC

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2026
... in the newly created role of portfolio strategy and research lead. Ding's previous NZ Super roles included tactical credit and asset allocation, where she contributed to the 2020 review of the fund's reference portfolio. She also worked as a ...

ART taps ex-HESTA manager for opportunistic role

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2026
... global FX options desk. He held similar roles at Bank of Scotland and ANZ, although with the latter he also looked after credit risk management on the specialist lending side. He earlier worked in senior market and credit risk roles at HBOS and Lloyd ...

MA Financial, Dimensional launch new offerings

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2026
MA Financial has launched an Asia Pacific private credit fund as part of a strategic partnership with China Merchants Bank (CMB), while Dimensional is launching a new fund focused on highly profitable companies. The MA CMBI APAC Credit Opportunities ...

Centrepoint offloads lending solutions business

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2026
... accounts and platforms. Under the agreement, Centrepoint said it will retain the lending-as-a-service (LaaS) business, credit licence, and salaried brokers so that advisers continue to access integrated lending solutions without operating a sub-scale ...

Challenger results a 'headline miss'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2026
... reflects an increase in earnings across the group and our continued expense discipline. In a market environment of tight credit spreads, geopolitical uncertainty and higher inflation, we have actively managed our investment portfolio to continue delivering ...

Kapstream launches ASX-listed investment trust

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2026
... Bourke, and Mark Bayley. "We have seen a growing number of clients looking for ways to dynamically combine public and private credit to enhance portfolio liquidity while still targeting compelling returns," Kapstream managing director and lead portfolio ...