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Private debt a silver lining of market volatility: QIC

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2023
... investors are attracted by its gross yield potential, exposure to diverse corporates, as well as real-estate and asset backed securities, and its premium relative to listed credit given the often-smaller investor base," QIC said. "We see this is a compelling ...

Family office invests $200m with Regal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2023
... focused on senior loans to small and medium-sized public and private companies in Australia and New Zealand, along with asset-backed loans and other credit opportunities. "We are seeing increasing interest in private credit from Australian family offices ...

Aware Super's Intermodal Terminal Company to build $400m terminal

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2023
... benefit from an open and competitive rail freight network." ITC is a new investment platform launched in December 2022, backed by Aware Super. Aware Super said it unveiled ITC to deliver strong risk adjusted returns for members through sourcing new investment ...

ART, Macquarie, PGGM partner on portfolio acquisition

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2023
Australian Retirement Trust (ART), Macquarie Asset Management and the PGGM Infrastructure Fund have backed a Macquarie AirFinance acquisition. Macquarie AirFinance secured a US$2.2 billion portfolio from Aviation Lease and Finance Company (ALAFCO). ...

Gender diversity in investment management slightly improving: Report

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2022
... growing," Frontier investment strategy adviser and author of the report, Mary McLaughlin said. McLaughlin's observation is backed by data from the CFA Society Melbourne, which recently reported that only 20% of its members are women, up marginally ...

AustralianSuper partners with Churchill Asset Management

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2022
... grow substantially over time. The partnership will invest in traditional senior and unitranche loans to private equity-backed US middle market companies. AustralianSuper head of private credit Nick Ward said the fund is working with aligned managers ...

Global X launches global carbon ETF

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2022
... an innovative way to leverage the global transition to net-zero, which has significant tailwinds, thanks to government backed climate change targets." In addition to the launch, Global X is committing 10% of GCO2's annual management fees towards the ...

VanEck launches gold bullion ETF

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2022
VanEck Gold Bullion ETF (ASX code: NUGG), the ETF is physically backed by gold bullion sourced from Australian gold producers, has listed on the ASX. NUGG is VanEck's 32nd ETF listed on the ASX; it can be converted by investors, from their ETF holdings ...

Delayed reforms put pensioners at risk: OECD

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2022
The OECD Pensions Outlook 2022 says that continuing with reforms to asset-backed pension arrangements is essential to improving retirement outcomes and the sustainability of retirement incomes, thereby building more inclusive pension systems. While ...

Code of Ethics must be fixed: Phil Anderson

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2022
... Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) chief executive Phil Anderson said the Code of Ethics for financial advisers was not backed by industry during its 2019 implementation and remains the case now. The Code of Ethics, developed by the now dissolved ...