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WT Financial Group welcomes first chief financial officer

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2026
... during his time as head of M&A and lending at ANZ and head of finance, corporate and structured finance at the Commonwealth Bank. More recently, he was chief financial officer at ParagonCare for over five years. The appointment also follows WTL company ...

Charter Hall secures $1.2bn mandate

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2026
... The group also has some major security holders including HSBC, J P Morgan, Citi, BNP Paribas, First Sentier, Commonwealth Bank and State Street, according to its annual report to 29 July 2025. Charter Hall currently has around $92.2 billion in funds ...

Merchant pledges long-term commitment to Australia with new hires

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2026
... experience across business banking, structured lending and professional services, which includes senior roles at Macquarie Bank overseeing national portfolios between different industries. In his new role, he will focus on structured capital solutions ...

FEATURE: Global equities | Triaging tech's second act

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2026
"I think the odds are on our side." That was the message from Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei at the World Economic Forum in Davos, as the race for global dominance in artificial intelligence (AI) gains historic pace. Anthropic is building the ...

Magellan, WAM suffer due to Iran conflict

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2026
... and the resulting oil shock," WAM said. "This shifted the domestic inflation and interest rate outlook, with the Reserve Bank of Australia minutes signaling further tightening." Magellan's drop in AUM was a result of net outflows and market movements ...

Dimon warns private credit crisis will hurt retail investors most

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2026
... size of the US$1.8 trillion private credit market in the US against the US$1.5 trillion US high-yield bond market, and the bank syndicated leveraged loan market of US$1.7 trillion. "Taking a wider view, the total market size of investment-grade bonds ...

AQR picks SG Hiscock & Company as distribution partner

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2026
... portfolios - especially in times of market volatility." The fund returned 28% p.a. in the last year versus the Bloomberg AusBond Bank Bill Index's 3.8% p.a. Over a 10-year period, it made 4.6% p.a. in net returns against the benchmark's 2.1% ...

Challenger injects $3.7bn in BOQ, bolsters private credit book

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2026
Challenger has injected Bank of Queensland (BOQ) with $3.7 billion of capital via a whole-of-loan sale as it ramps up its private credit push. The $3.7 billion will be used to reduce BOQ's debt funding by about $3.4 billion and return $300 million ...

Calm urged as global markets look 'increasingly unstable'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2026
... greater the risk that central banks are forced to react negative supply shocks with "few good options available". "No central bank wants to relive the stagflation of the 1970s, yet that risk is becoming harder to dismiss. At the same time, the US faces ...

Former Macquarie Private Bank adviser joins Aura Group

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2026
A specialist in private wealth advice for Australian expats joins a $1bn-plus private wealth manager. Aura Group names Jamie Burgmann as director within its wealth management division, supporting high-net-worth individuals and families with complex ...