Australia’s private-credit market has become a quiet engine of finance, routing capital to projects banks won’t touch, but a new expert review for ASIC paints a market that is part opportunity, part ...

A new report from Alvarez & Marsal has found that 50 per cent of funds are using artificial intelligence in pre-deal diligence and post-deal value creation, though implementation is inconsistent. Amid ...

ASIC’s lawsuit against Equity Trustees aims to establish trustee diligence requirements, with chair Joe Longo telling a parliamentary committee that “they’ve never been tested”. The Shield Master Fund ...

Bank of America’s latest survey has shown global investor sentiment has climbed sharply, with equity optimism rising and recession fears continuing to fade. Global investor sentiment has reached its ...

Global investment management firm Acadian Asset Management has appointed Matthew McLenaghan to support “continued growth” through institutional client relationships across Australia and New Zealand.

As geopolitical tensions dominate headlines in 2025, the accuracy of credit rating agencies in assessing the risk of an unfolding economic emergency is coming under the microscope. Professor Robert ...

If you’ve ever compared fund ratings from different research houses, you might have noticed something odd: they don’t always agree. Sometimes the divergence is subtle, a matter of semantics or ...

Rest has joined forces with alternative asset manager Blue Owl Capital, co-investing in a real estate trust with the aim of capitalising on systemic changes in debt financing. The super fund said the ...

Zenith Investment Partners has reaffirmed its ratings across Metrics Credit Partners’ suite of funds, a week after rival research house Lonsec downgraded several of the private credit manager’s ...

Persistent underperformance by active fund managers has highlighted the appeal of low-cost ETFs as investors seek transparent, consistent market outcomes. Active fund managers in Australia have fallen ...

Family offices in Asia-Pacific are the most alarmed by geopolitics, with tariff worries and protectionism expectations shaping risk views and hedging choices. Geopolitical risk has loomed largest for ...

ANZ has admitted to engaging in widespread misconduct across its institutional and retail operations and will face penalties of $240 million, the largest ever announced by the Australian Securities ...