Our Head of Credit Investments and Lending Frank Danieli recently sat down with ION Analytics’ Giovanni Amodeo for the ION Influencers Fireside Chat.

In their in-depth discussion, Frank and Giovanni talked all things private credit including its evolution in Australia and why successful investing in the asset class is about avoiding the losers and not picking the winners.

Frank also offered insight into our unique approach to private credit investing including our longstanding belief in the importance of transparency and manager alignment. He also explained why MA’s origin as a corporate advisory firm and our market-leading workouts capability gives us a competitive advantage when it comes to focus on governance, risk management and downside protection.

One thing I noticed a lot on the work in workouts and special situations was that most of the time, if you acted early enough, especially as a lender, you probably could resolve the situation. But most people, when that happens, they're not thinking clearly because they're deers in the headlights, they don't know what to do because they never imagined that this scenario would have happened.

- Frank Danieli