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What we're watching
29 Oct 2025 | Insights

What We’re Watching: Quarterly Report – September 2025

In this month’s “What We’re Watching”, we provide our regular quarterly review of markets covering ASIC’s increased surveillance of activities in private lending markets and some high profile defaults on global credit markets.

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29 Oct 2025 | Insights

The boom in Australian securitised credit

Challenger Investment Management explore Australia’s booming securitisation market, where non-bank lenders drive record issuance and global investor demand.

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07 Oct 2025 | Insights

European & Australian ABS: 2025 review and outlook for the remainder of the year

With the traditional European summer lull long forgotten and given the busy issuance both and the European and Australian ABS/RMBS pipeline bursting, as we enter Q4, the Challenger ABS team provide a short review of the year so far and some insights into our expectations for the last quarter.

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        17 Sep 2025 | In the Media

        Challenger IM raises $350m for listed credit structure

        Challenger Investment Management has raised $350 million during the offer period for its new ASX-listed investment structure.

        12 Aug 2025 | In the Media

        Overwhelming demand for Challenger’s $350m listed fund

        ASX-listed retirement product provider Challenger is set to secure $350 million for its listed debt fund within a day of its fundraising launch.

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        New Challenger IM notes seek to raise $350m

        Challenger Investment Management will launch a floating rate note on the ASX in a bid to raise $350 million that will be invested in private credit strategies.

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        Challenger IM launches ‘first-of-its-kind’ note structure to the ASX

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        Here’s why fixed income has a good shot at beating equities

        Stocks, bitcoin, gold, house prices and even meme stocks are back. In a world where market fundamentals are so out of sync, fixed income may be a good place to hide.

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        With the recent market mayhem global investors have endured, it can be beneficial to look back in time and the take stock of the lessons learnt and how they can be applied to navigate what may be a bumpy road ahead. Challenger Investment Management’s Head of investment strategy, Pete Robinson, joined the Financial Standard podcast […]

        07 May 2025 | In the Media

        Australian Funds Should Invest More in Credit, Challenger Says

        Australia’s pension funds should consider investing more in local-currency credit products as the greenback’s recent decline may pose risks to their expanding overseas portfolios.

        22 Apr 2025 | In the Media

        Private credit needs to lift its game to be taken seriously

        Private credit is not a passing trend. But if the industry doesn’t address lingering concerns, it risks being treated like one.

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