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IMF flags concerns over 'risky' private credit market

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2024
... private credit to leveraged loans (which trade regularly in a more liquid and transparent market) shows that, despite having lower credit quality, private credit assets tend to have smaller markdowns during times of stress." The IMF said that while private ...

Heartland finally gets regulatory approval for Challenger Bank acquisition

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2024
... finance. "Expansion will be enabled through access to retail deposits, allowing heartland to optimise the advantage of a lower cost of funds," Heartland said. "Challenger Bank continues to actively raise deposits ahead of being acquired by Heartland ...

Non-compete clauses come under the microscope

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2024
... job mobility and competition, the e61 Institute found. Preliminary analysis found job mobility and firm entry rates were lower in industries with a higher prevalence of employment restraints. "More research is needed to understand the extent to which ...

TelstraSuper reduces admin fees

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2024
TelstraSuper has lowered its percentage-based administration fee, effective April 1. The percentage-based administration fee will be reduced from 0.17% to 0.16% p.a. of each member's account balance. "As every little bit counts, we think that this move ...

Australian private capital industry surges 33%

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2024
... 2022. However, when compared to the five-year average of $14.2 billion from 2015 to 2019, the deal value for 2023 was 6.8% lower. Australia's emerging private debt industry showed strong signs of growth in 2023, supported by robust deal activity and ...

Vanguard lowers management fees

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2024
... important way Vanguard helps investors achieve their goals. "Vanguard is focused on delivering value to investors through lower fees, high quality experience and best-in-class investment management," Jacques said. Vanguard said it had delivered more ...

Threats outside the Australian financial system build: RBA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAR 2024
... channels of transmission of financial stress in China to Australia would likely be via a slowing in global economic activity, lower global commodity prices and reduced Chinese demand for Australian goods and services," the Assessment said. Additionally ...

Raiding super can worsen housing affordability: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2024
... in full-time employee earnings of 3.8%, ASFA's Early release of superannuation for home purchase paper states. Those on lower incomes and therefore lower superannuation balances tend to have a relatively low amount of money for a house deposit. "Indeed ...

Markets, economies benefit from eustress: ABDO

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2024
While individuals can benefit from good levels of stress or "eustress", so too do financial markets and economies, according to an investment expert, who says that this can help move toward normalisation following a turbulent number of years. La Trobe ...

Lombard Odier brings plastic circularity fund down under

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2024
... delivering market returns, it said. It aims to do this by investing in companies offering innovative plastic materials with lower carbon footprint and better end of life properties; better usage models that extend the plastics' life; and providing collection ...