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Msquared Capital secures $150m warehouse facility with Australian bank

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2025
Private credit manager Msquared Capital has established its inaugural $150 million warehouse facility in partnership with "a leading Australian bank." Msquared said that the partnership marked a significant step in the firm's evolution, positioning ...

Trade war threat sparks allocation rethink by asset owners

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2025
Geopolitical uncertainty, particularly the spectre of a global trade war and its ensuing market fallout, was top of mind for asset owners surveyed in part one of Morningstar's annual Voice of the Asset Owner Survey. Of the asset owners surveyed, nearly ...

ASIC puts 18 finfluencers on notice amid global campaign

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2025
Eighteen finfluencers have received warnings from ASIC for promoting high-risk products and providing unlicensed financial advice. The warnings were part of a Global Week of Action Against Unlawful Finfluencers, which saw ASIC participate in a coordinated ...

Lower interest rates conducive for bigger risk appetite, small caps

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2025
... forward, rather than independent of that," Sheridan noted. And as for the impact of US President Donald Trump's tariff war? Sheridan said geopolitical uncertainty and the risk of tariffs have seen businesses actively seek to shorten supply chains ...

ECB drops interest rates by 0.25%

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2025
... Management chief global strategist Seema Shah said while risks to growth remain tilted to the downside amid the ongoing trade war, several factors are keeping Eurozone growth resilient, including a solid labour market, robust balance sheets, and easing ...

New Forests sees potential in Vietnamese timber

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2025
New Forests made its first investment in Vietnam, backing one of the country's top suppliers of lumber and logs. Via the Tropical Asia Forest Fund 2 (TAFF2), New Forests has invested in Tavico Group. It is the fourth investment made by the fund ...

Stakeholders ask ASIC for tougher private markets regulation

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2025
ASIC is facing growing pressure to up the ante on regulating private markets, particularly private credit, as key stakeholders fear offerings are becoming increasingly accessible to retail investors. In response to the inaugural discussion paper that ...

ASIC blasts managed funds' poor compliance plans

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2025
Too many responsible entities (REs) of managed funds are falling short of their obligations to adequately address design and distribution obligations (DDO), the reportable situations regime and internal dispute resolution processes and reporting (IDR) ...

GAM nabs Janus Henderson equities team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025
... case. Geopolitical realignment sparked, in part, by the return of Donald Trump who has done more for EU unity than any post-war president," said Ross. "We're seeing a more assertive Europe: a looser fiscal stance in Germany, more coherent messaging ...

Industry funds feast, retail funds snack, corporate funds freefall

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025
... retail funds made gains without breaking into a sprint, while corporate funds retreated further. Industry funds expanded their war chest by $136 billion, retail funds added $45.6 billion, while corporate funds continued their retreat, shedding $10.3 ...