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DASH undertakes fresh capital raise

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2025
... DASH declined to comment on the raise. Bailador's investment is structured as a $25 million equity investment and $5 million debt investment; the 59% uplift applies to the equity investment only, delivering a blended increase of 49% ($14.7 million) on ...

Nuveen reaches $650m in commitments for local RE debt strategy

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2025
... has received $300 million from the Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) for its Australian real estate debt strategy. CPP Investments has contributed $300 million through CPPIB Credit Investments, joining Teachers Insurance and Annuity ...

Super funds' private market assets grow to $400bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2025
... Retirement Trust (ART), AustralianSuper, Hostplus and Aware Super are the funds with the biggest private equity appetite. Private debt is the smallest yet the fastest-growing component of private market assets in super. It makes up 7% of total private ...

Private credit market has lenders sweating

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2025
Stamford Capital's Debt Capital Markets survey has revealed that lenders are uneasy about the size and practices of Australia's private credit market. The survey gauged the sentiment of 100 major banks, non-banks, and second-tier banks. Stamford Capital ...

Stakeholders ask ASIC for tougher private markets regulation

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2025
... industry," ASIC said. Some respondents highlighted concerns around the need for greater efficiency and transparency of corporate debt markets. ASIC said it will consider this in due course. Another common sentiment was that "private markets are here ...

Retirement confidence highest since 2020: SSGA

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2025
... May 2020. The survey identified the top three factors behind the increased confidence: 43% cited little to no short-term debt, another 43% cited wise investment of their super or retirement plan, while 40% noted the ability to save as the reason. Further ...

BlackRock hires Housing Australia treasury chief

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025
... world's biggest asset manager, following a six-month stint at the government housing body, providing treasury advice in debt capital markets. But before her public sector career, Palmer spent 14 years at UBS Asset Management as executive director ...

QIC completes equity raise, refinancing for energy platform

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2025
QIC has completed a $370 million equity raise and $1.6 billion debt refinancing for Pacific Energy Group (PEG) for a contracted capacity of 946 megawatts (MW) across 48 sites. The equity commitments came from investors across Australia, Asia and North ...

Stake 'breaks barriers' with inaugural fixed income product

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2025
... today, Stake Accumulate is primarily invested in liquid, fixed income securities, but may also invest in a wide range of debt instruments, and cash and private credit. It aims to provide the target return monthly; the investment decisions are based on ...

Super moves: Future Fund, WTW

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2025
... rejoining WTW, James spent over 11 years at Funds SA, where he most recently served as a portfolio manager. He managed the debt sector, which included cash, sovereign bonds, inflation-linked bonds, corporate credit, and emerging market debt, in addition ...