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Budget deficit to balloon to $42.1bn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... better shape than they were three years ago," Chalmers said. "This progress has been exceptional, but not accidental. The credit belongs to Australians in every corner of our country. We've come a long way, but there's more work to do." Two new ...

State Super: In decline but doing fine

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2025
... alternative risk premia, but found these "generally bomb," prompting it to create an in-house program. The fund also looked to credit and other areas to construct a portfolio that's "pretty well diverse." The fund has pared back its active manager program ...

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 ...

TAL nabs AIA strategy lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025
... of the company's major growth strategies in the retirement income market. At CommInsure, Archer introduced private credit as a new asset class and designed liability-driven investments for the insurer's annuity and capital-guaranteed portfolios. ...

MaxCap names chief risk officer

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025
... global securitisation at National Australia Bank, Manny Arabatzis has been appointed chief risk officer at the major private credit firm backed by Apollo Global Management. Arabatzis joins from Export Finance Australia, where he also served as head of ...

Madigan names chief executive

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025
... founder, and chief investment officer as chief executive. Wood will become executive chair and retain his investment and credit committee chair roles. Wilson, a former Future Fund executive, joined Madigan in early 2003 and has a background in funds ...

BlackRock rebalance sparks record-high ETF trades on ASX

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025
... diversifying fixed income holdings and even gold. "More favourable capital market assumptions lead us to add Australian credit as a new exposure and modestly increase global fixed income, funded from Australian treasuries," the fund manager said. "Recent ...

CFS awards fixed income mandate

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025
... firm Man Group. CFS will be investing in global fixed income through Man Numeric, the Boston-based systematic equities and credit investment manager of Man Group, with an initial allocation made in Q4 2024 of more than $1 billion in a strategy benchmarked ...

CEFC funds sustainable real estate credit projects

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2025
... pour $160 million into sustainable real estate. The investment is being made alongside the Goldman-managed Real Estate Credit Partners (RECP IV) fund and will drive a "whole of lifecycle approach" to reducing emissions in Australian construction projects. ...

AFCA opens consultation on financial elder abuse, family violence

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2025
... flagged as cases involving or relating to family violence or financial abuse. The majority or 1248 related to consumer credit, while 84 related to superannuation funds. With regards to family violence, AFCA said its approach speaks predominantly to the ...