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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 funds must protect members, says Kirkland

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2026
... million collectively to around 4000 members. A court ruling last Friday determined that Macquarie breached the Corporations Act by failing to place Shield on a watch list. However, ASIC did not seek a penalty against Macquarie due to the exceptional ...

Super moves: Aware Super, Future Fund, AusSuper

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2026
Australia's sovereign wealth fund has seen another senior exit, coming just a week after private markets leaders David Bluff and Tammi Fisher stepped down. Simon Fraser, who served as acting executive director of overlays and treasury management ...

Perpetual multi asset leads exits

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2026
Perpetual's head of multi-asset has exited the firm following her former boss's departure to Pinnacle Investment Management. The firm confirmed Lydia Kav left late last month, around a month after the wealth business' chief investment officer signed ...

Equip Super appoints acting chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2026
The $40 billion super fund will farewell Scott Cameron shortly, naming an interim replacement while the search for a successor continues. At the same time, the fund has welcomed a chief legal officer. With Cameron finishing up at the end of March, Equip ...

AMP names interim chief financial officer

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2026
AMP has named Adrian Ryan as acting chief financial officer, effective March 30, following the appointment of current chief financial officer Blair Vernon to chief executive. This comes after Alexis George announced she would be stepping down from the ...

Inflation remains firm, May rate hike still in play

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2026
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 3.7% in the 12 months to February 2026, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). "The 3.7% annual CPI inflation to February eased slightly from the 3.8% annual CPI inflation to January," ABS head of ...

Adviser reprimanded over clients' loss of cover

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2026
... Ethics. The laws the adviser is said to have breached were s961B(1), s961G, s947D, and s921E(3). This means the adviser did not act in the best interest of the client, failed to ensure that advice was appropriate to the client, failed to identify and ...

Yarra hunts for superior returns outside ASX giants

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2026
The 280 companies on the ASX 300 beyond the top 20 blue chip names can offer investors superior risk-adjusted returns, Yarra Capital Management chair and head of Australian equities Dion Hershan said. Speaking at the Financial Standard Advisers Big ...

Soul Patts profit up, returns 9.7%

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2026
... volatility while protecting shareholder capital. "Our strong balance sheet and ample liquidity means we have increased capacity to act on new investment opportunities, with the flexibility to deploy capital selectively in a rapidly changing macroeconomic ...