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UK's Nest to invest $860m in private companies

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2026
The UK's largest pension scheme by members has selected a manager to oversee a significant new open-ended mandate. Crescent Capital Group will manage a direct lending mandate for Nest to the tune of $858.5 million (£450m). The money is to be deployed ...

Former Big Un chief pleads guilty to insider trading

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2026
Former chief executive of collapsed ASX-listed technology firm Big Un Richard Evans has pleaded guilty to one count of communicating inside information in Sydney District Court. Evans, formerly Evertz, gave inside information about Big Un to a shareholder ...

Dimon warns private credit crisis will hurt retail investors most

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2026
... private credit market in the US against the US$1.5 trillion US high-yield bond market, and the bank syndicated leveraged loan market of US$1.7 trillion. "Taking a wider view, the total market size of investment-grade bonds is US$13 trillion. And the ...

Challenger injects $3.7bn in BOQ, bolsters private credit book

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2026
Challenger has injected Bank of Queensland (BOQ) with $3.7 billion of capital via a whole-of-loan sale as it ramps up its private credit push. The $3.7 billion will be used to reduce BOQ's debt funding by about $3.4 billion and return $300 million ...

Albanese stresses importance of 'economic sovereignty'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2026
As the conflict in the Middle East continues, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has used his address at the National Press Club to stress the importance of economic sovereignty to support national resilience. Albanese said the government is focused on ...

AGP, Muzinich & Co. debut private credit ETF

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2026
Muzinich & Co. and AGP Investment Management debuted an actively managed private credit ETF on the ASX today. The Muzinich BDC Income Fund - Active ETF (BDCI) offers exposure to US-listed business development companies (BDCs) operating in the middle-market ...

US private credit firm swoops in to save Star

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2026
... realisations with US$4.6 billion of gross loans originated. Most recently it provided a US$600 million first-in, last-out term loan to an unnamed multi-brand retail platform. WhiteHawk has provided Star with around $550 million (US$390m) with an annual ...

Blue Owl says its private credit loan books remain healthy

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2026
... not seeing any signs of trouble." Ostrover said the portfolios continue to see good revenue growth at eight to 10%, with loan to value being around 30% to 40%. "We're not adding names to the watch list. We're not seeing an increase in defaults. ...

Household wealth rises 2.5%

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2026
... ($24.3bn). Household demand for credit was higher than September 2025, which came in at $31.4 billion, driven by growth in housing loan balances. "The December quarter had the strongest growth in housing loan balances since December 2021, with strength ...

Pepper Money rejects Challenger's bid

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2026
Pepper Money has rejected Challenger's "best and final" takeover offer of $2.25 per share after it slashed the offer price from $2.60 per share earlier this month. "Following its consideration of the proposal and consultation with shareholders, the ...