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Family offices feeling optimistic about 2024

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2023
... comes to portfolio construction and management, family offices favour alternative asset classes, with private equity and credit, real estate, and hedge funds making up almost half (46%) of portfolios. Private equity allocations were identically sized ...

Causeway PM, H&G form joint venture

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2023
... venture with ASX-listed Hancock and Gore (H&G) and introduce its offerings to the Australian market. The H&G Causeway Dynamic Credit Fund looks to offer a streamlined mechanism for borrowers aiming to pursue expansion opportunities or navigate challenging ...

Former van Eyk chief cops permanent ban

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2023
... service. ASIC said Thomas is permanently banned from performing any function involved within a financial services business or credit provider, or control, whether alone or with others, an entity that operates a financial services business or provides ...

Some explanations have missed the mark: Lowe

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2023
... fiscal policy coordination, the necessity of lifting productivity growth, and the need to pay attention to developments in credit and asset markets," he explained. Looking ahead, he said it will be difficult to return to the earlier world in which inflation ...

Investing in research generates threefold economic output

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2023
A major independent study has found that every dollar invested in Australian research generates $3.32 in returns. An independent report by ACIL Allen shows that research funded by the Australian Research Council (ARC) is varied and has a range of economic ...

ASIC cracks down on CFDs, OTC derivatives

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2023
... proceeding. This follows our previously commenced proceedings against the distributor of an investment product and an issuer of a credit product," ASIC deputy chair Karen Chester said. "We have further stop orders under consideration and several other ...

Financial hardship neglect lands Westpac in court

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 5 SEP 2023
... debt collectors while customers waited for the bank to respond to their hardship notices, ASIC alleges. Under the National Credit Code, a lender has 21 days to notify the customer if it does not agree to change the contract or if it requires further ...

Spire Capital, Oaktree launch wholesale fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2023
The Spire Oaktree Special Opportunities Fund offers wholesale investors exclusive access to opportunistic credit and special situations. The fund builds on a three-year partnership between Spire Capital (Spire) and Californian-based Oaktree Capital ...

Commonwealth to disclose climate risks in sovereign bonds

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2023
... proposed settlement, O'Donnell said: "As an investor, I am pleased... This is the first time a country with an AAA credit rating has acknowledged climate change is a systemic risk when talking about risks to government bonds." O'Donnell added ...

It's time to fill your boots with private debt

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 29 AUG 2023
A panel discussion at the AIST Superannuation Investment Conference (ASI) delved into the performance of private credit markets and highlighted nascent investment opportunities. QIC head of multi-sector private debt Phil Miall, IFM Investors executive ...