Private credit is a US$1 trillion (A$1.49tn) market and $200bn in Australia alone. It is clearly worth knowing about and paying attention to. Stocks Down Under provides a lowdown of what private credit is, and why it has become so popular.
What is private credit?
Private credit refers to non-bank lending provided by private investment firms…
Unless you're a professional dermatologist, you may not have ever heard of Photodynamic Therapy, let alone thought of it as an option to fight cancer as Invion (ASX:IVX) is doing.Invion may not appear to be an appealing investment at first glance, given its status as a 'penny stock' with a share price as a fraction…
Bio Gene Technology (ASX:BGT) ASX-listed AgTech company developing two compounds - Flavocide™ and Qcide™ - as insecticides. Investors may hear the word insecticide and think that Flavocide™ and Qcide™ are just another couple of consumer insect sprays (such as Mortein) and wonder whether the market really needs it. How can Bio Gene's compounds stand out…
If you thought the were plenty of treatments for osteoarthritis already, Paradigm Biopharmaceuticals (ASX:PAR) is a company that has something to say about that.You see, any ‘treatments’ that exist are only about addressing the pain or other symptoms rather than being a cure or remission. These treatments tend to need frequent administration or lose effectiveness…
Cann Group (ASX:CAN) is the first company in Australia that was issued a medicinal cannabis license, granted by the Australian Government's Office of Drug Control in March 2017.During this time, there have been various busts and booms in the cannabis sector, although there has been little hype since the aftermath of TGA's declassification of certain…
Humm Group (ASX:HUM) has not had the year you might expect to a financier that is not either a Big 4 Bank or Macquarie (ASX:MQG). Interest rates appear to have peaked, and many financiers have not benefited as much as you might expect due to intense industry competition, as well as expectation that rates are…
It has been less then a year since Antisense Therapeutics changed its name to Percheron Therapeutics (ASX:PER). It is common for biotech companies to change their name when they pivot to new indications and/or to new assets, but this was not the case with Percheron. It is still focused on Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD), a…
Qantas' capex needs are bubbling under the surface, but have not gone away. Former CEO Alan Joyce's tenure came to an unceremonious end last year. There have been many criticisms of his tenure including centralisation of decision-making around himself, his using of the airline for social causes and relations with employees, both mainline staff and…
5 key takeaways from the FY24 results of BHP
1. Copper will be where 'it is at' from hereon in
BHP's reputation has been made in iron ore, but copper will be its future. Iron ore is still a critical part of the business, generating 65% of the company's underlying earnings and thus underpinning its…
Proteomics International Laboratories (ASX:PIQ) is one of the larger companies that will be presenting at next month's Life Sciences Conference. Capped at over $100m, its flagship product is PromarkerD, a predictive test for Diabetic Kidney Disease (DKD). Like all up and coming healthcare stocks, it has a great idea, but execution is the key. And…
