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New head of private debt at QIC

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2023
... investors with purpose-driven capital solutions that combine the stability of infrastructure assets with the downside protection and complexity premium of private lending. The fund has since launched its multi-sector private debt capability that seeks ...

Advisers put on notice: HLB Mann Judd

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2023
... transferred, often between $2 million and $50 million, are making it through family members or other structures and advising it's a loan from an unrelated party. "If taxpayers are saying it's a loan, then the ATO will speak with the person providing ...

2023 will be better for bonds: Experts

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 10 JAN 2023
... ways to gain exposure to floating rate instruments are through investment grade floating rate notes (FRNs), collateralised loan obligations (CLOs) and business development companies (BDCs). High yields have made a comeback, meaning the current yield ...

AustralianSuper partners with Churchill Asset Management

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2022
... AustralianSuper achieve its investment objectives by providing differentiated access to our directly originated, proprietary senior loan assets." Nuveen managing director, head of Australia Andrew Kleinig welcomed the new partnership as an extension ...

ANZ told to pay $25m for 20-year failure

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2022
... ruled in ASIC's favour, saying ANZ contravened the ASIC Act, the Corporations Act, and the National Consumer Credit Protection Act. It said ANZ made false or misleading representations to certain customers when it represented that it had, and would continue ...

Chorus of self-interest in financial advice: SCA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2022
... For example, someone retiring with a mortgage might want to know if they should use their super to pay off their remaining loan or keep it invested," he wrote. "Super funds charge fees based on a percentage of your savings, so they stand to make more ...

Investors seek inflationary refuge in diversification strategies

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2022
... Meanwhile, fixed income investors pivoted towards assets with floating rates like leveraged loans for better inflationary protection. Fixed income investors also focused on higher-yielding assets such as emerging market debt and high-yield bonds. Private ...

Global alliance calls for BNPL regulations

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2022
... late on a payment have experienced financial hardship because of buy now, pay later fees, including taking out an additional loan or foregoing household essentials. The research also shows that 30% of Australians have used a BNPL service in the last ...

ASIC sues ANZ over home loan referrals

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2021
... commenced proceedings in the Federal Court against ANZ for breaches of the Credit Act arising from referrals through its home loan 'introducer program' and from unlicensed individuals outside the introducer program. The program involved home ...

CBA pleads guilty to selling junk insurance

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2021
... insurance. The charges were brought by ASIC and relate to CBA's promotion and sale of CreditCard Plus and Loan Protection policies as an add-on insurance product in branches, by telephone and online. ASIC alleged between 2011 and 2015, CBA made false ...