The two happiest days of owning a boat are the day you buy a boat and the day you sell it….other than when you are the lender to a Super Yacht manufacturer. If banks aren’t lending nowadays, then who is? Time for some discussion on the highly demanded World of private credit.

Epsilon Direct Lending specialise in lending to some of Australia and New Zealand’s most respected mid-market companies, from IT through to coffee roasters. Epsilon provide institutional and wholesale investors with stable and attractive returns, with the Founders having sourced and arranged several billions of dollars of direct loans. Joe Millward is a Founding Partner of Epsilon Direct Lending and a member of the Investment Committee. Joe has 25 years of experience in a career covering direct lending funds management, growth, and event-driven corporate financing, business strategy, compliance, operations, and finance across Europe and Australia. Joe was most recently an Executive Manager in CBA's corporate bank. He previously held the roles of Chief Operating Officer of the Corporate & Investment Banking Division at Bank of America Merrill Lynch Australia and Head of Loan Funds at the Royal Bank of Scotland pc's asset management business. Joe is a fully qualified accountant and fellow member of the ACCA.

During this podcast, Craig holds an in-depth discussion with Joe on the intricacies of lending to mid-market companies, how a deal is assessed and approved, through to lessons learned during his successful career in establishing one of Australia’s most reputable direct corporate lending companies.

Disclaimer:
The information in this podcast series is for general financial educational purposes only, should not be considered financial advice and is only intended for wholesale clients. That means the information does not consider your objectives, financial situation or needs. You should consider if the information is appropriate for you and your needs. You should always consult your trusted licensed professional adviser before making any investment decision.

In this episode, the partners discuss Craig and Ryans's recent study tour to NYC where they had the privilege of learning from some of the world’s most successful investors such as Bobby Jain (Former CIO of Millenium), Ken Moelis (CEO of Moelis) and Sonny Kalsi (CEO of BGO) to name a few. The team also discusses how markets have performed over the past 6 months, their predictions for how the next 12 months will play out, interest rates, and the rise of private market democratisation.

Disclaimer:
The information in this podcast series is for general financial educational purposes only, should not be considered financial advice and is only intended for wholesale clients. That means the information does not consider your objectives, financial situation or needs. You should consider if the information is appropriate for you and your needs. You should always consult your trusted licensed professional adviser before making any investment decision.

In this episode, Managing Partner, Tim Whybourne catches up with one of Australia's leading property experts, the Chief Economist of Ray White, Nerida Conisbee. Nerida provides market commentary to a wide range of Australian media outlets across digital, print, television, and radio. She also contributes to Ray White’s publications including Ray White Now. She is the Chair of the Construction Forecasting Council and is a member of the Australian Taxation Office’s Foreign Investment Stakeholder Group. She also provides updates on property market conditions to major Government bodies. Nerida has more than 20 years of property research experience throughout Asia Pacific and has held senior positions within commercial agencies and major consulting firms during this time. Her experience covers residential and commercial property from both an investor and occupier’s perspective.

During the discussion, they cover everything from the state of the Australian property market, what people need to watch out for, and where you might find pockets of growth over the coming years.

Disclaimer:
The information in this podcast series is for general financial educational purposes only, should not be considered financial advice and is only intended for wholesale clients. That means the information does not consider your objectives, financial situation or needs. You should consider if the information is appropriate for you and your needs. You should always consult your trusted licensed professional adviser before making any investment decision.

In this episode, Managing Partner Tim Whybourne catches up with Cameron Blanks, a managing director of Pacific Equity Partners, one of the leading and most active private equity managers in the country with over A$10 billion in Assets Under management. Cameron joined Pacific Equity Partners in 2002. Prior to joining PEP, Cameron spent three years with Bain & Company in Australia and North America. Previously, Cameron worked for seven years in the mining and construction industry in Australia, Asia and North America.

They discuss everything from how Cameron started his career, the different types of private equity in Australia and around the globe and the opportunity that has been presented for Australians in private equity.

Disclaimer:
The information in this podcast series is for general financial educational purposes only, should not be considered financial advice and is only intended for wholesale clients. That means the information does not consider your objectives, financial situation or needs. You should consider if the information is appropriate for you and your needs. You should always consult your trusted licensed professional adviser before making any investment decision.

In this episode, Managing Partner Tim Whybourne catches up with two Wall Street stalwarts Jeff Schluze & Michael Testorf from Clearbridge Investments. Jeffrey is a Managing Director and the Head of Economic and Market Strategy at ClearBridge Investments overseeing capital market and economic research and contributing thought leadership on these topics to the institutional investor and financial advisor communities. Michael is a Portfolio Manager on the Global Growth Equity investment team and co-manages numerous global and international growth strategies. Clearbridge Investments manages over USD$187.9 million (as of 31/3/2024).

We talk about everything from clearbridges proprietary recession indicator tool, the anatomy of recession, through to why valuations are as scary as they might look and why investing at the top of the market can still return great results. We discuss the investment case for Emerging markets, Japan, the US and Europe and then explore one of Clearbridges latest equity strategies to be deployed into the Australian market in the Clearbridge Global Growth Strategy.

Disclaimer:
The information in this podcast series is for general financial educational purposes only, should not be considered financial advice and is only intended for wholesale clients. That means the information does not consider your objectives, financial situation or needs. You should consider if the information is appropriate for you and your needs. You should always consult your trusted licensed professional adviser before making any investment decision.

In this episode, EWL Partner and Wealth Advisor Ryan Loehr, speaks with Gregg Taylor from Salter Brothers.

Gregg leads the equities investment team at Salter Brothers, a reputable Australian alternatives investment manager responsible for overseeing $3.5bn of assets for HNW investors and institutions.

We have known Gregg across various iterations of his career, which has seen him work across broking, investment banking and portfolio manager roles with leading institutions. Then building and successfully exiting a large media-tech business as well as a funds management business (Bombora) before joining Salter Brothers. In this episode, we dive into some of the key considerations for founders seeking the right investment partner; unpack some of the common challenges these high-growth businesses face; and discuss why the market for these companies has become attractively priced.

As active investors, finding value often requires a contrarian approach; and both small and pre-IPO businesses have recently lagged larger indices by a large margin. This episode is well suited to founders thinking about taking on a capital partner and key considerations; or investors wanting to understand some of the underappreciated opportunities in high-growth, emerging Australian companies.

Disclaimer:
The information in this podcast series is for general financial educational purposes only, should not be considered financial advice and is only intended for wholesale clients. That means the information does not consider your objectives, financial situation or needs. You should consider if the information is appropriate for you and your needs. You should always consult your trusted licensed professional adviser before making any investment decision.

In today’s episode managing partner Tim Whybourne catches up with the entrepreneur, founder, and CEO of Audeara. In the episode, they cover everything from how James came from a career path as a doctor to the CEO of a listed business that creates and sells headphones for the hearing impaired. We talk about the highs and lows of being a founder and what it is like to run an ASX-listed business.

Dr James Fielding is the Founder and CEO of Audeara, the Founder and Director of Robotics Engineering Research Laboratories, Founder and Director of Yumm! Confectionary and Founder and former Director of Field Orthopaedics. He worked in a range of fields before pursuing medicine, including at New York-based hedge fund Bay Harbour Capital and a prominent Hollywood production company. Dr Fielding was based at the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital before leaving full-time clinical medicine to focus on the founding and development of his start-up, Audeara. Audeara headphones have the capability to test and re-test the hearing of the wearer over the span of a lifetime. They tailor the sound to the needs of the individual to ensure all people, regardless of their hearing health can enjoy a world-class sound experience. Through his lead, Audera has also taken an active role in promoting awareness of hearing loss and related issues in the community.

Disclaimer:
The information in this podcast series is for general financial educational purposes only, should not be considered financial advice and is only intended for wholesale clients. That means the information does not consider your objectives, financial situation or needs. You should consider if the information is appropriate for you and your needs. You should always consult your trusted licensed professional adviser before making any investment decision.

In today’s episode Managing partner Tim Whybourne caught up with the founder of Liquid Gold consultants, Susanne Bransgrove who specialises in assisting family enterprises in tackling the difficult issues of succession, next-generation education and integration, governance, and communication. Liquid Gold Consultants create unique solutions, using customised strategies and suitable structures to create better family cohesion, communication, governance, and focus.

Susanne is best known for providing strategic guidance to family businesses in the areas of ownership/family alignment, business governance improvements and smoother communication flow across organisations. Growing up in Germany as part of a third-generation family business has provided her with a sound foundation for understanding the range of issues that arise when needing to balance the performance of the family business with the differing needs of multiple generations.

In the episode, they cover how they deal with introducing children to wealth without removing their ambition, how to successfully transition a family business leadership from one generation to the next and how families can deal with intergenerational wealth transfer in a considered manner and the discussions we should be having now with our families not waiting for them to hear it for the first time in a will.

Disclaimer:
The information in this podcast series is for general financial educational purposes only, should not be considered financial advice and is only intended for wholesale clients. That means the information does not consider your objectives, financial situation or needs. You should consider if the information is appropriate for you and your needs. You should always consult your trusted licensed professional adviser before making any investment decision.