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Feature: Private credit | The fine print

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2026
... estate assets. Real estate private credit manager MaxCap's deputy chief executive Kylie Robb says, like much of the world, the evolution of private credit in Australia is driven by a gap left by banks withdrawing from commercial real estate lending. ...

Macquarie shareholders question its climate change commitment

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2026
... particularly natural gas, will be required for some time, even as the transition to renewables continues," Macquarie said. The World Benchmarking Alliance (WBC) gives Macquarie Group an ACT (assessing low-carbon transition) core rating of "D" - unstructured ...

Emerging markets progress from consumption to innovation: Experts

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2026
... the performance level, the MSCI Emerging Markets Index has delivered about 44% p.a. in the year to April, while the MSCI World returned 28% p.a. Year-to-date, this works out to be 14% p.a. and 5.26% p.a. respectively. On top of these, J. P. Morgan Asset ...

Investors thrust into rules of the 'jungle': Economist

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2026
... factor, whether Trump's in power, whether someone else in the US is in power," she said. "This is a natural change in our world as a result of the global economy moving from a new polar to a multipolar world - that we have more of these areas where ...

Federated Hermes launches global equity fund

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2026
... globally. This includes mandates linked to several of Australia's largest superannuation funds. Benchmarking against MSCI World ex Australia Index, the strategy will typically hold between 250 and 500 stocks selected through a systematic and data ...

AI can give fundies an edge over the market: Invesco

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2026
... when management is talking to sell side analysts," he said. "We track every single manager for every company around the world, so whether they were working at BHP and then switched over to Rio or whether they were working at NAB and now they're working ...

Tokenisation could inject $24bn annually: Project Acacia

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2026
... settlement, reduced counterparty risk, improved capital efficiency and automated asset servicing. "Australia achieved important world firsts through Project Acacia, including the issuance of pilot wholesale CBDC onto both public and private distributed ...

Removing CGT discount on all assets will make tax system fairer: Chalmers

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2026
... company with lower returns. On the comparison of the effective capital gains tax compared to other jurisdictions in the world, Chalmers said it overlooked the difference between tax rates on real gains versus nominal gains. "Even for an asset with gains ...

Plato launches global shares ETF

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2026
... developed-market equities, with an active dividend rotation strategy targeting monthly income distributions and tracks the MSCI World ex Australia Net Returns Unhedged Index, Plato said. The launch of PGI2 is in response to increasing demand for income ...

Natixis appoints client services director

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2026
Natixis IM appoints a client services director as it continues to expand its local range of managed funds and active ETFs. Mai Platts joins the investment giant as director in client services, reporting to Barbara Whyte, head of client services and ...