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Barings nabs Challenger's fixed income lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2026
Challenger Investment Management's head of fixed income investment strategy has departed after two decades with the firm. Pete Robinson is set to join Gryphon Capital Investments as a senior portfolio manager and will also sit on the firm's ...

Challenger slashes offer price for Pepper Money

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2026
... asset finance make up $6.3 billion. Last November, it also joined a consortium that included KKR to acquire the RAMS home loan portfolio from Westpac. The portfolio comprised about $21.4 billion in residential mortgages at the end of September 2025. ...

US alternative lender launches $250m income fund

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2026
... supporting disciplined execution at key inflection points, including enabling fintechs and alternative lenders to scale their loan and asset books." Georgatos said its model centres on providing flexible financing solutions while maintaining ongoing ...

BlackRock caps outflows on US$27bn private credit fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2026
BlackRock has capped redemptions on its private credit fund HPS Corporate Lending Fund (HLEND), imposing the 5% limit after investors sought to yank out US$1.2 billion. Subsidiary HPS Investments Partners, which BlackRock acquired in 2024 for US$12 ...

Australians unlock only 1% of $600bn in home equity: Deloitte

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2026
... households with a reverse mortgage in the period was $150,000, and this amount increased for older borrowers. Expressed as a loan-to-value ratio (LVR), most new reverse mortgages entered by households using a private lender had an LVR of 15%. Commenting ...

Generation Life expands investment menu

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2026
... Invesco and the iShares Hedged International Equity Index Fund managed by BlackRock. "The funds target a conservative 45% loan-to-value ratio, and all borrowing costs of the fund are tax deductible within the fund to drive tax efficiency," Generation ...

CFS cuts ties with Otivo, launches own super advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2026
Colonial First State (CFS) has ceased its partnership with digital advice technology provider Otivo less than two years after joining forces, opting instead to launch an in-house offering called Super Advice. As of February 23, the Otivo digital advice ...

Channel Capital launches credit fund for wholesale investors

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2026
Channel Capital has collaborated with Wellington Management to bring the CC Wellington Multi-Sector Credit Fund to the Australian wholesale market. The fund is an Australian-registered managed investment scheme aiming to provide wholesale investors ...

Product showcase: Strength amid noise

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2026
... AI is a driver of that, and while La Trobe Financial takes that into consideration, it is not the defining factor when a loan opportunity is originated. "Every loan is assessed against an AI-risk evaluation framework to test the companies' revenue ...

MA Financial, Dimensional launch new offerings

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2026
MA Financial has launched an Asia Pacific private credit fund as part of a strategic partnership with China Merchants Bank (CMB), while Dimensional is launching a new fund focused on highly profitable companies. The MA CMBI APAC Credit Opportunities ...