Global alternative asset manager MA Financial Group has announced the ASX listing of the MA Credit Income Trust (ASX: MA1), its first listed private credit fund.
MA1 offers investors access to a large, diversified portfolio of MA Financial’s flagship private credit strategies which have each delivered consistent returns and outperformed traditional benchmarks for fixed income investments since inception [1].
Investors in MA1 benefit from exposure to an underlying $3.7bn+ portfolio of 165 private credit investments, diversified across lending strategies in which MA Financial has a proven track record and specialist capabilities: direct asset lending, asset backed lending and direct corporate lending.
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Frank Danieli, Managing Director and Head of Credit Investments and Lending at MA Financial said: “The listing of MA1 marks an important milestone for MA Financial Group. We are seeing unprecedented demand in listed investment trusts (LITs) in Australia, with market capitalisation for credit LITs growing by over 12 times since December 2017. Listed investment trusts focused on private credit, in particular, have performed strongly and often trade at a premium to NAV.”
“While MA1 has been developed with this enthusiastic market demand in mind, we are also placing emphasis on transparency and liquidity throughout our portfolio selection, construction, and monitoring process.
“We look forward to expanding our offering to our clients and strengthening our presence as a leading private credit asset manager.”
