Private Markets Lure Australian Pension ART as Prices Cool

Australian Retirement Trust is looking to private markets as the nation’s second-largest pension fund positions for inflation ...
Pensions&Investments

Opaque Australian private markets pose outsized risk, ASIC says

Private markets in Australia are hiding potentially large risks to a growing number of investors amid their rapid expansion, making them a key policy focus for the nation’s securities regulator. The ...
Pensions&Investments

Australian regulator plans stress test on private credit risks

Australia’s banking regulator plans to stress test the nation’s financial sector to shed more light on the impact of private credit capital flows on other market segments. “Private credit is a new and ...
Forex Factory

Australian private sector sees steepest fall in new business in over four-and-a-half years

Although the Australian private sector economy moved back into contraction mode in May, according to Flash PMI® data by S&P Global, the decline in output was softer than that seen in March. Still, new ...
Wall Street Journal

Australian Private-Equity Deal Deep Freeze Might Be Starting to Thaw

SYDNEY—There are signs the deep freeze in new private-equity deals might be starting to thaw, but some firms are still holding on to earlier investments, refinancing to maintain them before an ...
Stockhead on MSN

Opportunity through uncertainty: Why real estate private credit attracts investor attention

Private credit has earned a reputation as a stabilising force - providing portfolio diversification, stable income and ...
Reuters

Q+A-Australia private equity awaits crucial tax ruling

MELBOURNE, March 30 (Reuters) - Australia's tax office could make a final decision in early April on taxing gains from private equity asset sales, after its draft rulings last year sent shockwaves ...