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IAM mandate grows to $130m

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2025
Income Asset Management's (IAM) mandate to refinance digital non-bank lender MoneyMe's debt facility has grown to $130 million. IAM is refinancing MoneyMe's MME Horizon Warehouse Trust, which has secured commitments from family offices ...

Gender parity in financial services an economic imperative

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2025
The financial services industry has made modest inroads with gender parity, and closing the wealth and financial literacy gap, but the reality is accelerated action is needed from the government and private sector to tackle entrenched inequalities as ...

Swiss fund manager expands in Australia

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2025
... step in solidifying Youngtimers' development to be an APAC-focused asset manager. "With Australia as a strategic entry point, this move strengthens our regional presence and unlocks exciting investment opportunities for our current and future investors. ...

HNWIs set to increase real estate exposure

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2025
... offices surveyed its evident investors are increasingly conscious that they can now acquire assets at an attractive entry point off the back of the downturn and with strong prospects of cyclical recovery in the medium term," Knight Frank chief executive ...

Quinbrook, CATL to build battery storage solution

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2025
... Quinbrook's largest investor. On the venture with CATL, Scaysbrook added: "Most importantly, we have achieved a cost point and duration for this solution which is truly game changing compared to other technology options including many pumped hydro ...

abrdn embraces letter 'E' again

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2025
... wasn't as expected, however; the decision to remove all the Es and do away with capital letters was widely mocked. At one point, the derision was described by a senior abrdn executive as "corporate bullying." The rebrand was also ill-timed, coming ...

REITs to finally see 'watershed' moment: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2025
... years since what the property industry would have considered as peak valuation/trough cap rates - mid-2022 - following that point, the devaluation cycle commenced." Industrials reported a 140bps cap rate expansion in the last 2.5 years, but interestingly ...

War on inflation: Australia vs New Zealand

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2025
In the battle against inflation, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) took different approaches. Now that inflation has cooled, HSBC chief economist Paul Bloxham has examined which approach was better. "At the end ...

Annuities' capital settings due for change: APRA

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2025
APRA's proposal to overhaul capital requirements for annuities is touted to be the most significant change for life insurers in more than a decade. The prudential regulator said it will detail its proposed changes in the second half of 2025. "This ...

'Less revenue for us': AustralianSuper on closing multiple accounts

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025
Fronting the Senate Economics Committee, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) confirmed internal communications between staff at AustralianSuper played a significant role in shaping its case against the super fund. Senator Andrew ...