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US private credit firm swoops in to save Star

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2026
Star Entertainment has entered a binding commitment with US private credit fund WhiteHawk Capital Partners to refinance the group's debt. The agreement is for a three-year refinancing, covering existing obligations and providing additional liquidity ...

Blue Owl says its private credit loan books remain healthy

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2026
US alternative asset manager Blue Owl Capital, with over US$307 billion in assets under management, is not seeing any increase in defaults in its loans amid rising concerns over the health of the country's private credit sector. Speaking at the Asia ...

Super moves: Aware Super, Future Fund, AusSuper

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2026
... capability further," she said. Finally, AustralianSuper has parted ways with Christina Zheng, who focused on property within its real assets team, and David Dubrovsky, who held a senior role in the mid-risk group. Dubrovsky has joined US AI digital infrastructure ...

Soul Patts profit up, returns 9.7%

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2026
Washington H. Soul Pattinson (Soul Patts), the ASX-listed investment house, has seen its profit increase by more than 600% in the six months to 31 January 2026. Group statutory net profit after tax (NPAT) increased 604.3% to $2.3 billion in the period ...

North adds private markets SMA for retail investors

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2026
... Invest Blue, the upcoming portfolio invests across three to 15 underlying strategies in private equity, private credit and real assets, and combines open-ended strategies like evergreen and ETFs to help provided capital access. It also offers consolidated ...

ETF home bias more prominent amid global unrest: BlackRock

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2026
... ideally have 50% to 75% of their portfolio allocated to index core, combining it with some active satellites where they see real conviction. Vanguard's most popular ETF in March has been its Australian Shares Index ETF (VAS), reporting around $822 ...

HESTA announces another executive exit

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2026
HESTA has announced that chief operating officer Stephen Reilly has made the decision to leave the fund in June to pursue external opportunities. This comes after chief executive Debby Blakey also announced she would be stepping down in the second half ...

Pepper Money rejects Challenger's bid

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2026
... more than 28.6%. Established in 2000, Pepper Money provides residential home loans, as well as asset finance, commercial real estate and novated leases in Australia. In New Zealand it offers residential home loans. Pepper Money had $20.1 billion in assets ...

FEATURE | Regulation: Picking up the pieces

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2026
When Melinda Kee was sick with COVID-19, she took respite for one week. Kee saw it as an opportunity to tick off some personal administration she'd been meaning to get to, such as changing her pet and health insurance, and electricity and gas providers. ...

Wealth levels triple for middle Australia: SMC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2026
... wealth retirees, to $740 per week on average in 2022, compared to $340 in 2002, in wage adjusted terms. Even with sluggish real wages growth in recent years, capital growth through super helped working Australians build wealth, the report found. From ...