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FEATURE: Private credit | At the precipice

GLENDA KORPORAAL  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2025
... less due diligence than in direct lending. "They are effectively syndicated loans by banks," he says. "Identifying it as true private credit is a misnomer." He says the First Brands transaction also involved off-balance-sheet factoring and trade finance ...

Record investment into AI forcing largest innovation buildout ever: BlackRock

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2025
... With how fast the AI sector is developing, BlackRock said that company-level investment now drives the macro picture. "The true potential of AI goes beyond existing business lines. As AI becomes embedded in the economy, we expect it to create entirely ...

Knight Frank launches private office in Australia

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2025
... landscape has created a clear need for a sophisticated private office offering; one that delivers discretion, strategy and true global reach," McGrath chief executive John McGrath said. "Through this partnership, we are uniquely positioned to assist ...

ASIC eyeing advisers recommending private credit funds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2025
... that transparency is also an issue when it came to fee and interest disclosure. "To enable investors to better assess the true cost of investing in a fund, fund managers and trustees should disclose all revenue they earn in connection with their funds," ...

Advisers acquired 300k new clients in 2025: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2025
... Julian Cappe said. "Australians are showing they want to work with advisers who deliver that clarity - it's becoming the true differentiator in a market where confidence and relationships matter more than ever." The survey also found the number of ...

APRA-regulated funds should not pay CSLR special levy: SMC

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 24 NOV 2025
... rule out cross-subsidisation of the CSLR's excess costs by APRA-regulated super trustees, while re-establishing CSLR as a "true" scheme of last resort by removing retrospective elements and setting clear guardrails for any special levy. The government ...

PPS Mutual appoints head of distribution

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 NOV 2025
... I'm really looking forward to returning to the industry with PPS Mutual." "I've always admired how it operates as a true mutual, where members share directly in the success of the business. Joining at a time of record membership and profit-share ...

Future Fund rethinks portfolio amid 'greater uncertainty'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2025
... deeply" about how it goes about achieving its mandate "in an environment in which previously held 'rules' may no longer hold true". "The New Investment Order and resultant consequences around greater uncertainty to macroeconomic dynamics, policy regimes ...

Advice industry under strain amid crisis of inefficiencies: Elemnta

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2025
... perception. "Such a blind spot is limiting practices to price their advice services accurately, or plan capacity to reflect their true workload. It is also leaving many operating on razor-thin margins and struggling to remain profitable," Elemnta said. ...

Private credit funds downplay risks, pose risk to financial system: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2025
... terms, masking portfolio risks and challenging investor decisions, ASIC said, concerned they may not provide investors with a true reflection of non-performing and distressed fund assets. Only four funds published information about the interest rates ...