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Feature: Private credit | The fine print

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2026
... treated equally. If an institutional player doesn't want to mix their capital with retail investors, the manager is happy to set up a segregated account for the investor and offer a single investor trust. The rapid growth of private credit as an ...

Aware Super dashboard not flashing red just yet

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2026
... could translate into changes in the capital market. The first one he notes is stagflation. "We don't have a very rich data set in terms of our stress tests. How do you scenario test that?" he questioned. "How do you create a dashboard of indicators ...

ISS STOXX Sustainability names APAC head

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2026
ISS STOXX strengthens its sustainability business in APAC with the appointment of a new regional head. Julia Leske has been promoted to head of sustainability business, APAC, which is a newly-created role reporting to the group's global head of ...

Emerging markets progress from consumption to innovation: Experts

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2026
... big part of emerging markets now is something to celebrate, because it shows that we've got a higher quality opportunity set," he said. Echoing this rhetoric, Platinum portfolio manager of Asia strategies Cameron Robertson pointed to Korea and Taiwan. ...

Government to fast track low-risk foreign investments

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2026
... risk proposals to more rigorous scrutiny. This builds on the first tranche of reforms introduced in 2024. The changes will set a new performance target to decide all low-risk applications within 30 days from the beginning of next year. It will also update ...

Oil price shock to hit consumers 'relatively quickly': RBA

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2026
... some firms have responded already, with fuel surcharges raised by firms at the start of supply chains that flow into a broad set of industries. "Expectations for pass-through to consumer prices vary, but we are hearing from some firms that they plan ...

Buyer beware: Private credit as a defensive play

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2026
... and possible defaults. The final layer, he noted, is structural and governance transparency. "The nature of how you're set up, what segregation of duties are in place and what independent processes or outside review that you have within the business. ...

Emerging markets a 'reasonable' opportunity: Colchester

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2026
... emerging markets have increasingly resilient economies that have not been fully repriced. Colchester's investment opportunity set includes names like Taiwan and South Korean with AA credit rating; China and Malaysia with A credit rating; India and ...

AI can give fundies an edge over the market: Invesco

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2026
... any of the data that comes in. He gives the example of Glassdoor data. While the initial proposition with the Glassdoor data set was that if a company has a lot of positive ratings from employees, that will likely mean it's a positive company with ...

Investor demand for infrastructure asset mandates intensifies: bfinance

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2026
... spreads have widened and activity in the broadly syndicated loan market has softened, potentially improving the opportunity set for private lenders," the report said. "For disciplined managers, periods like this can support better pricing and, often ...