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GAM names distribution and product lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2025
... their offshore ILS offering, co-managed with Swiss Re. Additionally, GAM is about to launch an evergreen Asian Performing Lending vehicle in early 2026. The pan Asia strategy targets the region's private-credit markets, which currently offer a 300-500 ...

APAC insurers favour multi-alternatives strategies: Report

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
... stronger preference for multi-alternatives. Within private markets, insurers are mostly interested in single-strategy direct lending (39%), special situations/opportunistic (38%) and infrastructure debt (37%). Conversely, insurers sought to decrease ...

ASIC issues interim stop orders to TruePillars

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2025
... provides investors with exposure to loans made primarily to small and medium sized Australian businesses. They do this by lending money to primary lenders, who in turn make loans to underlying borrowers. It provides credit for a range of purposes including ...

Integro appoints head of advice and growth

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2025
... Gilmour said the expansion will target strategic partnerships with boutique financial advice firms, insurance brokers, lending specialists and accounting practices, which will help create joint ventures and referral pathways that deliver scale and strengthen ...

Australia dominates APAC real estate private credit raisings

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2025
... Frank. Additionally, private credit now accounts for about $76 billion (US$50bn) or 16% of total commercial real estate lending in Australia, as momentum continues to draw borrowers away from traditional banks. A recent CapitaLand Investments report ...

Centuria Bass names new chief executive

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2025
... deputy chief executive role. Giffin joined the business in mid-2024 and has more than 20 years of experience in private lending markets, holding senior positions with a number of financial services firms including Grant Samuel and Commonwealth Bank of ...

Zenith reaffirms Metrics ratings amid doubts

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2025
... (separate for debt and equity interests), use of external valuation agents and the inbuilt protection mechanisms in typical lending transactions (inter-creditor deeds, role of quantity surveyors), ensure that all funds are managed in the best interests ...

Bennelong FM expands into private credit with US partnership

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2025
... manages US$21.6 billion, specialising in diversified private credit solutions, with a focus on US lower middle market direct lending to institutional and high-net-worth investors. It focuses on providing unitranche loans to companies diversified across ...

Partners Group launches royalties fund for local investors

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2025
... Group has been an active investor in royalties, making 15 investments in the last year. The fund's strategy will focus on lending against royalties as well as purchasing existing and creating new royalties. Investment will be across sectors such as pharmaceuticals ...

FEATURE: Back in action

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2025
... So, in the event that one or more of those stocks lost value, so too did the investor and the debt stacked up. "Margin lending had two major elements that were highly problematic. One was that the interest rates to pay back on the loan were usually quite ...