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Morningstar widens private credit coverage, kicks off with Metrics

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2025
... of Australian private credit and private equity funds from next year, picking Metrics Credit Partners for its first assessment. The research house said that while the private credit ratings will be available in early 2026, the private equity ratings ...

FEATURE | Agriculture: Golden soil

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2025
In the book The Lucky Country, the late author Donald Horne provides a piercing assessment of Australia in 1964, stating that its prosperity is derived from good fortune rather than industriousness or ambition. He ruminated about the future challenges ...

IMF tells Chalmers to curb spending

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2025
... reforms around technology, competition, labor markets, and the green transition." Treasurer Jim Chalmers said overall the assessment was positive for the outlook for the economy. "Under Labor, inflation is around a third of its peak, debt is down, real ...

RBA says it can 'afford to be patient' on rate decisions

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2025
... coming months or if productivity growth proved to be weaker than expected." Members also said if the board changed its assessment that monetary policy was still slightly restrictive, it would also be more inclined to leave the official cash rate where ...

Super funds a "standout" in risk and compliance hiring: Kaizen

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2025
... and cyber and data risk modelling remain in high demand. Policy development, regulatory compliance monitoring, risk assessment and management, internal control evaluation, training and education, people management and audit were the skills most in the ...

HESTA, Vision Super divest Israeli securities

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2025
... exited holdings in several banks listed on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange and bonds issued by the state of Israel due to an assessment of higher risk," a HESTA spokesperson said. Last week, Vision Super reportedly dumped investments in Israeli stocks and ...

Majority of SMSF establishments based on bad advice: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2025
... establishment advice states. The advisers also acted more as "order-takers" and did not conduct a reasonable investigation and assessment of financial products. They also did not give priority to the interests of clients where there were conflicts of ...

Metrics supports efforts to raise standards in private credit

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2025
... investors," Metrics said. Financial Services Council chief executive Blake Briggs said: "Industry agrees with ASIC's assessment that there is a spectrum of practice, and that during this period of rapid growth in the sector robust minimum standards ...

Canadian pension giant sued over alleged climate failures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2025
Four young Canadians are suing the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, claiming the fund breached its duty to invest in their interests by failing to protect their retirement savings from climate risk. The plaintiffs, Aliya Hirji, Travis Olson, Rav ...

Shield, First Guardian fallout calls for tougher scrutiny on research houses, licensee governance

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2025
... investment managers specialising in all sectors of the market?" he questioned. "I think as part of a good governance assessment, advice firms need to think about what their value proposition to their clients is; it's being able to deliver good strategic ...