Today
Overdue loans swamp private credit giant lending to Sydney’s wealthy
The local lender has previously written loans for some of Sydney’s most colourful businessmen. Growing arrears aren’t always made clear to its investors.
- Primrose Riordan, Aaron Weinman and Jonathan Shapiro
This Month
European property funds face redemption reckoning as $20b gets pulled
Europe’s fund managers face a dilemma: selling more attractive assets to meet redemptions leaves them overexposed to beaten-up segments of the market.
- Jack Sidders, Neil Callanan and Laura Malsch
How Scape saved $8m by shaking off private credit
The student housing operator’s refinancing push has found ample support from global banks looking for alternatives to office property exposures.
- Aaron Weinman
This 23-floor Manhattan office building just sold at a 97.5pc discount
It is the latest and perhaps most surprising sign of how the pandemic has upended the state of office buildings in New York, the largest CBD in the US.
- Matthew Haag
- Exclusive
- Pubs
Lenders tried to sell Jon Adgemis’ pubs to Justin Hemmes’ Merivale
Merivale was shown internal financial spreadsheets by one major lender, but ultimately decided against exploring a deal, sources said.
- Primrose Riordan and Sarah Thompson
German chancellor lines up crisis talks with property titans
Germany’s real estate market is beset by the failure of major developers and a crash in investment and financing as real estate prices slump.
- Tom Sims, John O'Donnell and Matthias Inverardi
July
US office loan pain is only starting to ramp up
More than $145 billion of US commercial real estate is distressed. A further $418 billion at risk of slipping into that category.
- Neil Callanan
Overhaul for Adgemis’ Public Hospitality Group after refinancing
The Jon Adgemis-chaired pubs empire has completed its refinancing with Deutsche Bank, with the former KPMG dealmaker to focus on redeveloping its pubs.
- Kylar Loussikian
QIC loses real estate chief, recruits ex-Dexus executive
QIC Real Estate managing director Michael O’Brien resigned from his role earlier this week.
- Campbell Kwan
- Analysis
- Commercial real estate
The new risk lurking in banks’ commercial real estate lending
While working from home is a known risk for office towers, Citi highlights a new pressure point for lenders – the growing cost of the energy transition.
- James Eyers
PGIM hops on private credit boom with $750m fund
The global fund manager’s first local private credit fund has raised $300 million and received an additional $300 million in commitments so far.
- Campbell Kwan
Jon Adgemis’ Paddington pub housing El Primo Sanchez up for sale
The move follows a complex refinancing effort of Mr Adgemis’ Public Hospitality empire involving Deutsche Bank, Muzinich and Archibald Capital’s Ben Madsen.
- Primrose Riordan
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Steve McCann takes his biggest punt with embattled casino giant Star
As far as turnarounds go, this is bigger than Boral, Bapcor and Seven West Media combined. “I had room for one more,” he says when asked why he took the job.
- Anthony Macdonald
Redcape sells trio of pubs for $136m to meet priority redemptions
Redcape managing director Chris Unger said the group will pay out priority redemptions and provide $40 million of liquidity over the next year.
- Campbell Kwan
UBS has a new suggestion for REIT investors – buy battered Mirvac
The bank’s analysts, in a 65-page overview of the sector, said the market had yet to confront the impact of higher interest rates. It expects two increases.
- Kylar Loussikian
Deutsche gets ball rolling at Public Hospitality recapitalisation
Street Talk understands a new $200 senior lending facility has been put in front of the group’s existing lenders.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
June
Stirling Property in talks to buy HomeCo’s McGraths shopping centre
Street Talk understands the trust has been in discussions to offload its McGraths Hills centre in Sydney’s North West to Stirling Property Funds.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
Deloitte to verify Keystone payments amid ASIC investigation
Deloitte will be appointed by the Federal Court to monitor and verify payments related to the ongoing management of Keystone Asset Management.
- Updated
- Max Mason
- Exclusive
- Industrial relations
Pay dispute delays construction of 1600 homes
Industrial action by workers at poles and wires company Endeavour Energy is stalling the delivery of 1600 homes and $1.2 billion worth of warehouses in Sydney.
- Campbell Kwan and David Marin-Guzman
- Exclusive
- Superannuation
Keystone lent money to director’s $300m Port Douglas resort dream
Keystone Asset Management, under ASIC investigation, lent money to companies associated with a director’s controversial plan to develop an “uber five-star luxury” resort in Port Douglas.
- Max Mason
