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RBA's multi-channel approach curbs inflation

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2023
... availability of loans to households and funding for businesses shrinks via the credit channel. These higher rates pose heightened lending risks, particularly to borrowers with a lower net worth. For businesses, borrowing becomes costlier amid weaker ...

Pengana launches first global private credit fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2023
... for the last 15 years," Richardson said. "Private credit has grown rapidly as global banks have retreated from corporate lending due to increasingly stringent regulatory requirements, providing one of the most compelling risk/return investments." According ...

Private credit boom sweeps Australia

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2023
The private credit boom shows no signs of abating as a spate of wealth managers step into traditional lending practices once dominated by banks. But how long will its golden hour last? After a prolonged low-growth period, fund managers are swooping ...

GESB debuts first sustainable option

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2023
... classes, they include things like fossil fuels, alcohol, pornography, uranium, logging, gambling, animal cruelty, predatory lending, or companies found to have significantly breached social or environmental norms or regulations. For instance, with Australian ...

Global insurers eye private markets, clean energy: BlackRock

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2023
... their exposure selectively to private markets. Specifically, 60% are gearing up to expand their allocations in direct lending, while over a third intend to dial back on real estate debt, real estate equity, and private equity. BlackRock's head of financial ...

ASIC fines fintech for misrepresenting crypto product

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2023
... Coin (USDC), which is said to be a "stablecoin" whose value is pegged to the USD. This USDC was transferred to Bobbob's lending partners, who in turn, could loan the crypto-assets to various third party borrowers in return for interest. A portion of ...

BNP Paribas wins UniSuper mandate

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2023
... and saw the potential optimisation advantage in combining the roles of the custodian, collateral manager and securities lending agent." "By choosing BNP Paribas, we achieve significant operational efficiencies alongside future optionality in regards ...

No bubble risk in Sydney housing market: UBS

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2023
... bubble include a decoupling of prices from local incomes and rents, and imbalances in the real economy, such as excessive lending and construction activity. Under the same assessment, just two cities are in the bubble risk category, being Zurich at 1.71 ...

Viridian launches new specialist division amid acquisition drive

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 SEP 2023
... Viridian also acquired Sydney-based mortgage broker, Smartmove Professional Mortgage Advisors, expanding its footprint in the lending sector. The acquisition set to finalise this year, will see Veridian's mortgage operations integrate into Smartmove ...

Causeway PM, H&G form joint venture

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2023
... asset-light nature. Causeway said the launch is part of its growth strategy and explained the fund will engage in direct lending as well as the purchase of existing loans and loan portfolios that may require restructuring expertise.​ Additionally ...