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Family offices ready to take risks

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAR 2023
... respondents said. They will be followed by US equities and alternative assets, including hedge funds, private equity, and private debt. "Family offices have quite rightly taken a conservative approach to risk in the past two years given the high levels ...

Alternatives investors await more corrections: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2023
... years as a larger proportion of investors plan to allocate less in this asset class over the next 12 months. As for private debt, the majority of investors (74%) said asset values are either "undervalued or fairly valued". "This is consistent with investors' ...

Super funds have the power to make change: Advocates

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2023
... poverty and housing prices. She added there will also be a significant number of people who hit retirement age with mortgage debt or rental obligations. "It's increasing significantly and that's two cohorts, people who couldn't afford to get into home ...

Future-proofing the super system: Rees

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023
... paid occupations and living in rural or remote Australia. "They weren't extracting their accumulated money to pay down debt, to pay off a mortgage or to put it into a house, they were doing it for other reasons... So, what we've seen is that ...

Lending to small businesses increases: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 MAR 2023
Despite soaring interest rates, the number of small business owners borrowing from banks has sharply risen in 2022, a new survey reveals. More than a third (36%) of Australian small businesses canvassed by CPA Australia are increasingly relying on external ...

ASIC grants MSC Trustees new powers

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 MAR 2023
The corporate watchdog has bestowed MSC Trustees new powers to act as a trustee for debt instruments such as debentures, notes and bonds issued by public companies, a first for an Australian corporate trustee. MSC Trustees is the first trustee firm ...

Link Group agrees to sell BCM arm

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2023
... Financial Markets approval. Link Group said its liquidity position remains strong, and the sale proceeds will be used to pay down debt. "As part of our simplification strategy, we have today entered into a binding agreement to sell the BCM business," ...

Barings takes over Gryphon Capital

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2023
... The deal aims to further accelerate Barings' entry into the Australian wealth market, having established real estate debt operations in the APAC region late last year. It will see Gryphon's $2.6 billion in assets under management (AUM) will combine ...

Fixed interest ETP issuers hit the gas

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2023
... and a widening of credit spreads." Out of 47 fixed interest ETPs, 29 invest in investment grade government and corporate debt, and represent 66% of the total by FUM, Rainmaker said. Short duration credit is the second largest segment with eight products ...

Janus Henderson launches new credit ETF

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2023
... select issuers that are best in class, which is critical to the success of our strategy. "To that end, GOOD will invest in debt securities issued by companies with robust sustainable practices and the potential to enhance outcomes for society's wellbeing ...