Private credit’s ‘naked swimmers’ are surfacing

Private credit’s ‘naked swimmers’ are surfacing

The private credit sector is experiencing a rush of redemptions that has led to comparisons with the sub-prime mortgage crisis in 2008. Can it sink the financial system?

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz

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How Australia’s big banks ran into an even bigger fish

How Australia’s big banks ran into an even bigger fish

Banks have long accused tech companies of free-riding,but lately those warnings have grown louder. Are banks just trying to protect their patch,or do they have a point?

  • byClancy Yeates andDavid Swan
How banks are only ‘partially’ raising rates for savers

How banks are only ‘partially’ raising rates for savers

Savers are having to jump through hoops to get the full benefit of recent interest rate rises from the Reserve Bank.

  • byMillie Muroi
The $16 billion shadow hanging over Australia’s financial system

The $16 billion shadow hanging over Australia’s financial system

The number of homes lacking adequate insurance could be 1 million more by 2050,says a “stress test” by the finance regulator.

  • byClancy Yeates
Iran war a setback for super returns as investors brace for fallout

Iran war a setback for super returns as investors brace for fallout

Funds anticipate and prepare for a wide range of market conditions and having a diversified portfolio in times of volatility can reap rewards.

  • byClancy Yeates
Billionaire Lowy family buys into fund manager Magellan

Billionaire Lowy family buys into fund manager Magellan

The Lowy family has taken a significant stake in the funds management business Magellan,days after the financial group announced a major merger.

  • byClancy Yeates
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I can smell another financial crash coming,says former Goldman Sachs chief

I can smell another financial crash coming,says former Goldman Sachs chief

Lloyd Blankfein,who led Goldman Sachs through the 2008 financial crisis,says the world is “due for a kind of reckoning”.

  • byTodd Gillespie andSridhar Natarajan
Remember the fallen financial rock star Hamish Douglass? He has a final act

Remember the fallen financial rock star Hamish Douglass? He has a final act

Douglass made one big perspicacious investment during his time on top:to seed startup investment bank,Barrenjoey.

  • byElizabeth Knight
Many of us pay our bank a ‘lazy tax.’ AI could change this
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Many of us pay our bank a ‘lazy tax.’ AI could change this

AI isn’t only a cost-cutting tool for companies to ruthlessly exploit. It could also change the way millions of people behave with their money.

  • byClancy Yeates
Former ANZ chief Shayne Elliott drops legal action against bank

Former ANZ chief Shayne Elliott drops legal action against bank

Elliott was denied $13.5 million in bonuses following a string of regulatory woes at the big four giant.

  • byClancy Yeates
CFMEU official resigns from super giant,internal review launched as union scandal grows

CFMEU official resigns from super giant,internal review launched as union scandal grows

The CFMEU’s representative on the CBUS board,Lucy Weber,stepped down after this masthead revealed she had a secret relationship with her union boss.

  • bySarah Danckert andClancy Yeates