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MIS review ignores key issues: FAAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2026
... greater for higher risk MISs that invest in things like direct property, property development, business ventures, business lending and infrastructure - assets where there are no readily available markets and transparent pricing. The FAAA urged for greater ...

Generation Life expands investment menu

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2026
... Investments Fund managed by Metrics Credit Partners, which provides private credit exposure through income-generating lending strategies. It also includes the Charter Hall Diversified Property Portfolio offering access to high-quality unlisted property ...

Centrepoint Alliance, Count see strong earnings growth

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2026
... supporting sustainable earnings growth and improved earnings quality," it said. "The partial divestment of the non-core lending aggregation business sharpens Centrepoint's focus on advice and platform operations, while retaining lending as a service ...

Blue Owl sells US$1.4bn assets to pension funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2026
... sold them to four unnamed major pension funds and insurance companies. The redemption includes US$600 million of direct lending investments from Blue Owl Capital Corporation II (OBDC II), and US$400 million from Blue Owl Technology Income Corp (OTIC). ...

Product showcase: Strength amid noise

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2026
... of this year. However, as USPC is not an equity strategy, market volatility is less of a concern for Paton. "We are not lending to speculative or high-beta technology businesses. Our exposure to software sits firmly in the most conservative end of the ...

ART taps ex-HESTA manager for opportunistic role

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2026
... roles at Bank of Scotland and ANZ, although with the latter he also looked after credit risk management on the specialist lending side. He earlier worked in senior market and credit risk roles at HBOS and Lloyds.

Centrepoint offloads lending solutions business

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2026
Centrepoint Alliance will offload its lending solutions business to Astute Financial Management to solely focus on licensee services, financial advice, managed accounts and platforms. Under the agreement, Centrepoint said it will retain the lending-as-a-service ...

US-backed firm invests in Brisbane advice group

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2026
... advance the firm's ambitions of playing an active role in the consolidation of Australia's wealth management, accounting and lending sectors, it said. The deal will see Merchant Wealth Partners take a non-controlling stake that provides Infinity Financial ...

AMP to relaunch SMSF property lending solution

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2026
AMP Bank is bringing back its residential self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) property lending solution, SuperEdge, after removing it nearly a decade ago. AMP made the decision to remove the solution in 2018, as the SMSF lending sector was shifting ...

MA Financial backs FundBox's Australian expansion with $100m facility

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2026
... fintech platform helping small and medium businesses (SMB) get fast access to capital, into Australia through a $100 million lending facility to support its local warehouse infrastructure. FundBox said this facility will support its ability to deliver ...