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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 ...

MaxCap names chief risk officer

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025
A senior banker credited with developing the Australian securitisation market has landed at MaxCap Group, the real estate fund manager. A former head of global securitisation at National Australia Bank, Manny Arabatzis has been appointed chief risk ...

Study finds 5000 European ESG funds investing in fossil fuels

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025
... why funds with the term 'transition' in their name are allowed to keep investments in companies that are slowing down the transformation of our energy systems and pursuing fossil fuel expansion projects. "If these loopholes are not closed, it ...

BlackRock rebalance sparks record-high ETF trades on ASX

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025
... February, ASX data shows, albeit $3 billion in new money flowed into the market. Furthermore, BlackRock flagged it will double down on diversifying fixed income holdings and even gold. "More favourable capital market assumptions lead us to add Australian ...

RBA forecasting has been 'terrible': Yarra Capital Management

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025
... predicted at least two interest rate cuts in Australia in 2024, however the RBA failed to deliver a single one, instead handing down a "cautious" cut at the first meeting of 2025, bringing the interest rate down to 4.1%. Speaking at Financial Standard ...

Skills gap crisis costing Australia $3.5bn a year

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2025
... off as a small problem of a young person finishing school and being unsure of what is best for them becomes a big problem down the track, ultimately costing the economy in lost productivity," Stubley said. "If we want to help young people and make a ...

Tranche 2 is coming before the election: Jones

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2025
... that as a new minister and a new parliament approaches their roles, all that early work has been done so that it is just down to the job of getting laws through parliament and getting those changes enacted as soon as possible. "If we have done all the ...

Active Super fined $10.5m for greenwashing

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2025
... conduct by misrepresenting the "ethical" nature of a significant part of its investments, following the guilty verdict handed down last June. This enhanced its ability to attract investors to the fund and enhanced its reputation as a provider of investment ...

FNZ wins mandate, names APAC head

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2025
... Due to the change, administration fees for the DIO will increase - however, brokerage fees for listed securities will go down. The current administration fee is $120 a year. This will increase to $264 a year. CareSuper explained that FNZ's platform is ...

Falcon Capital, First Guardian Master Fund set for liquidation

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2025
... above matters in due course. Falcon is currently working with its advisers to develop a plan to implement an orderly wind down of the fund, so as to maximise the return to unitholders." ASIC alleges that about $274 million of First Guardian's value ...