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Generation Life expands investment menu

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2026
... market strategies includes the MPC Wholesale 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 ...

Blue Owl sells US$1.4bn assets to pension funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2026
Blue Owl has liquidated US$1.4 billion worth of assets from several private credit strategies and sold them to four unnamed major pension funds and insurance companies. The redemption includes US$600 million of direct lending investments from Blue Owl ...

Product showcase: Strength amid noise

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2026
Brought to you by La Trobe Financial. Despite a constantly shifting political landscape, US private credit is still an attractive option for investors looking to break into the sector, according to La Trobe Financial chief investment officer Chris Paton. ...

Aware Super overhauls investment team structure

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2026
... assets will also now report directly to Warner. The elevation of defensive assets, which includes fixed income and private credit, highlights their importance to the fund's retirement strategy, it said. Sonia Baillie has been named head of defensive ...

Super moves: Future Fund, NZ Super, Aware Super, VFMC

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2026
... finance manager. She previously spent over eight years at AustralianSuper, most recently as associate director, private credit, and began her career at the Australian Taxation Office, with a stint in institutional banking at National Australia Bank focusing ...

MA Financial, Dimensional launch new offerings

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2026
MA Financial has launched an Asia Pacific private credit fund as part of a strategic partnership with China Merchants Bank (CMB), while Dimensional is launching a new fund focused on highly profitable companies. The MA CMBI APAC Credit Opportunities ...

Kapstream launches ASX-listed investment trust

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2026
... Bourke, and Mark Bayley. "We have seen a growing number of clients looking for ways to dynamically combine public and private credit to enhance portfolio liquidity while still targeting compelling returns," Kapstream managing director and lead portfolio ...

Ironbark exec finds new gig

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2026
... Beach-based WCM Investment Management, THB, and Vertium Asset Management, and is expected to launch a daily-liquid private credit fund with US-based Muzinich & Co soon. "Our vision is to build Australia's leading multi-boutique investment management ...

Irish sovereign wealth fund mandates four managers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2026
... this will become 70% public equities, 10% publicly quoted fixed income, 10% real assets, 5% private equity and 5% private credit. The FIF is a longer-term fund and has so far received about $23 billion in contributions from the government. For the ICNF ...

Macquarie sees 'substantially' higher profits

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2026
... prior corresponding period. This was driven by higher investment-related income from asset realisations and the private credit portfolio. Profits were slightly offset by lower fee and commission income. The private credit portfolio was up 12% to $28.9 ...