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Feature: Private credit | The fine print

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2026
... loans, costing Chase US$170 million ($236m). Dimon was warning that the collapse could signal wider problems with the quality of loans across non-bank lending. More recently Blue Owl Capital - a US listed private credit manager - applied its 5% cap on ...

Emerging markets progress from consumption to innovation: Experts

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2026
... company, Chinese business CATL, is seeing increased orders for energy storage solutions for the grid." When assessing the quality of governance of emerging markets companies and the regulatory environment they operate in, Treves said this requires work ...

Performance test reforms to curb benchmark hugging: Treasury

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2026
... portfolio would assess total portfolio returns against a risk-adjusted benchmark. This places greater emphasis on the quality of trustee investment decisions, such as strategic asset allocation, diversification, and other value-adding activities. By ...

ART makes $500m investment in Dexus

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2026
... existing and new institutional investors. Dexus chief executive Ross Du Vernet said the investment demonstrated the quality of the platform Dexus was building. "This investment is a strong endorsement of our real asset management capability and focus ...

Treasury's proposal adds flexibility for new advisers: FAAA

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2026
... ability to access client's financial, tax, social security, and family information can only improve and enhance the quality of advice. "Understanding taxable income and the sources of that income is critically important," the submission stated. "Superannuation ...

UniSuper halves admin fees for 42,000 members

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2026
UniSuper will halve its asset-based administration fee for the Flexi Pension retirement product starting July 1. More than 42,000 retired members in the product will pay a fee of 0.08% from the current rate of 0.16%. "Our ability to offer this significant ...

Hostplus extends Citi mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2026
... our members." "The outcome reflects Citi's cultural alignment with the fund, their depth of capability and the quality of solutions they bring to our custodial arrangements," he said. Citi and Hostplus have worked together for 13 years. Citi first ...

FEATURE: Private equity | Time to deploy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2026
... saying Schroders has been having more conversations with financial advisers who are interested in allocating to PE. "The quality of the conversations we're having has changed significantly. When we first launched our evergreen fund there were only ...

Macquarie-backed IDA sets up $150m credit warehouse

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2026
... construction and diversification. "Securing support from another global financial institution demonstrates the strength and quality of IDA's platform and our origination, execution and management processes," Urbach said. IDA recently appointed Jeremy ...

Blue Owl says its private credit loan books remain healthy

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2026
... We're touring facilities. We're meeting with management teams. We're sitting down with accountants, reviewing quality of earnings," he said. "At the end of the day, it's a fixed income alternative. That's it. It's not some secretive ...