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Fink takes private markets to next level

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2025
... certain investors are allowed in," he said. In the past 14 months, BlackRock has made a play in infrastructure and private credit and attempted to make private markets less risky and opaque. "BlackRock has always had a foot in private markets. But we've ...

Rest awards US$300m mandate to Miami-headquartered investment manager

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2025
... has awarded a US$300 million mandate to Miami-headquartered investment manager I Squared Capital for its infrastructure credit strategy. The strategy focuses on providing flexible and structured capital solutions to essential infrastructure assets globally. ...

Dutton doubles down on 'super for housing' policy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2025
Opposition leader Peter Dutton put his party's policies on the table during his Budget reply speech, in which he campaigned on energy price reductions, a tougher stance on immigration and increased spending for healthcare and education. While Treasurer ...

MSC appoints operating chief

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2025
... ahead of a 15-year career at National Australia Bank. There, she held several senior executive roles in securitization, credit and regulatory affairs. Brown's promotion follows other recent appointments in the risk and legal teams at MSC, including ...

MA Financial bolsters sales team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2025
... intermediaries and family offices. Renee Oldfield joins the firm's asset management arm - which specialises in private credit and real estate - from Charter Hall, where she served as regional distribution manager. Based in Perth, Oldfield will be ...

Investors warned to sell hybrids before phase out

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2025
... hybrids. Although popular and easily accessible, these securities, in our opinion, were unattractive vis a vis the wholesale credit universe which has been the institutional investor's best kept secret for decades," Mason said. "Australian financial ...

Green technology, clean energy receive Budget boost

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... iron industry by providing upfront capital support to eligible facilities, while the $2 billion Green Aluminium Production Credit, available from 2028-29, will support Australian aluminium smelters to transition to renewable electricity and decarbonise. ...

Budget deficit to balloon to $42.1bn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... better shape than they were three years ago," Chalmers said. "This progress has been exceptional, but not accidental. The credit belongs to Australians in every corner of our country. We've come a long way, but there's more work to do." Two new ...

State Super: In decline but doing fine

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2025
... alternative risk premia, but found these "generally bomb," prompting it to create an in-house program. The fund also looked to credit and other areas to construct a portfolio that's "pretty well diverse." The fund has pared back its active manager program ...

SQM places private credit sector on watch

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2025
SQM Research has placed the private credit sector on watch, saying it is increasingly encountering red flags when rating offerings. The research house has been covering private credit since 2007. SQM currently rates on some 70 private credit funds across ...