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ASIC sues three Keystone Asset Management directors

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2026
... in liquidation, was the responsible entity for Shield. ASIC alleges about $305 million of this total was transferred as "loans to entities" linked to Chiodo and Frolov, who were officers and directors of Keystone. The regulator is also concerned such ...

FEATURE | Member engagement | On the ball

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2026
... superannuation industry, Brighter Super chief member officer Lisa Kay used to work in a bank, helping customers apply for home loans. One piece of financial information the bank assessed was their superannuation balances, which Kay noticed was often ...

KeyInvest unveils new investment platform, awards mandate

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2026
... private credit. The KeyInvest Senior Debt Income Fund is now available to wholesale investors and invests in senior secured loans backed by first-ranking mortgages over real assets including property and infrastructure, targeting returns of cash rate ...

ASIC puts private credit on notice ahead of EOFY

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2026
... It said while Australia's market has acknowledged structural differences, including greater exposure to real asset-backed loans in construction and property, those differences are not a defence against risk. "Retail investor and superannuation exposure ...

Imprisoned fraudster's wife banned by ASIC

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2026
... directors and shareholders of corporations within the Mansa Group without their knowledge. He also applied for and obtained loans from third party lenders to the value of over $20 million on that basis with the use of false documents and used the loans ...

Westpac fined $26m for financial hardship neglect

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2026
... fairly." It also "failed to comply with consumer credit law." Customers, who were struggling to meet repayments on home loans, credit cards, personal loans and car loans, contacted the bank on financial hardship grounds between 2017 to 2023 via subsidiaries ...

Janus Henderson expands private credit offering

VINNY VUCAGO  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2026
... Credit Strategy and the Legal Credit Strategy. The asset-backed strategy provides exposure to senior secured, asset-backed loans backed by short duration collateral across areas including receivables-based finance, hard assets and intellectual property. ...

Feature: Private credit | The fine print

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2026
... auto lender and used car retailer that entered liquidation after allegations of pledging the same collateral on multiple loans, costing Chase US$170 million ($236m). Dimon was warning that the collapse could signal wider problems with the quality of ...

Bell Financial launches Tandem Capital

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2026
... as demand for margin lending rebounds. According to Reserve Bank of Australia data cited by the firm, the value of margin loans increased to about $16.8 billion in December 2025, up from just over $15 billion three months earlier. Chris Fox, manager ...

Buyer beware: Private credit as a defensive play

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2026
... consider the "first layer of the onion" to be the portfolio composition around disclosure and transparency. If a fund has 150 loans, he said, it is important to understand which sectors these operate in, the type of loans and their credit characteristics ...
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