The How’s and Why’s of Private Credit with Henry Holm
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Why is private credit becoming a popular investment option?
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What was Henry Holm's first investment lesson?
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Why does private credit exist and what needs does it fulfill?
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How has the Australian private credit market evolved since the GFC?
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Welcome to another episode of Equity Mates, a podcast where we explore what's possible in the world of investing. If you've just joined us for the very first time, a huge welcome to our community. My name is Bryce. And as always, I'm joined by my equity buddy, Ren.
What does a real-world private credit deal in Sydney look like?
How are you?
I'm very good, Bryce. Very excited for this episode. I think, you know, over our time doing Equity Mates, we're notching up nine years now.
What risks should investors be aware of in private credit?
Some asset classes have gotten bigger, others have gotten smaller. But for me, there's really only one that has emerged in my mind from nothing over the past nine years, and that is private credit. But as we prepared for this interview today and we looked up the guests who we're about to introduce today, It became clear that private credit, non-bank lending, whatever you want to call it, has been in operation in Australia and around the world for a lot longer than that. And so as private credit captures the headlines these days, we wanted to speak to an expert to help us understand more about what's going on in the space and how we should understand all the different aspects of it. So I would love to introduce Henry Holm to the studio.
Henry, welcome.
G'day. Thanks for having me. So Henry is the General Manager of Origination at Balmain.
How can investors assess a private credit manager effectively?
And today we're going to unpack the hows and whys of private credit. Huge, as you said, asset class, Wren, that is absolutely booming. And a massive thank you goes to Balmain for supporting this episode and helping us keep all of our content free today.
So Henry, before we get into the world of private credit here in Australia and what you're doing, let's start with you. And we always like to start with the same question. Can you tell us the story of your first investment?
First investment was at uni and it was a tip
What advice does Henry Holm have for young investors?
that a mate who put me onto. The usual. Was it a mining stock? It wasn't a mining stock, but it was a startup logistics company. We were both hot under the collar with a press release, ASX release about a contract to a multinational and... We, we're both already invested, but, uh, decided to, to double down. And, you know, so six months later, the stock went to zero. The contract was manufactured and, uh, yeah, it was a sobering lesson in, uh, what happens when you do a complete lack of due diligence. I've been running to, uh, defensive assets like private credit ever since.
Yeah. Okay. Once bitten, twice shy.
Yeah. Yeah. Well, let's jump into private credit because we hear a lot about it on the show here and it's certainly a growing asset class. We don't sort of hear why it exists so much and what need it's actually fulfilling. So let's start there. Why does private credit exist?
Yeah. Look, it's a really old concept and actually predates the banking system. This idea of I've got money, you need money, let's agree terms, goes back into antiquity, exists for two reasons in my mind. One is that borrowers need flexible capital. They need capital that can be deployed nimbly, be deployed in ways that's designed to meet their specific strategic business needs. And then the It exists because investors are willing to fund that and borrowers are willing to pay a premium for that flexibility. Investors can benefit from that. The role of managers and the managers like Balmain is structuring those specific loan structures to meet those needs while protecting investors' capital and making sure it comes back.
Yeah.
So Balmain's seen the industry grow here in Australia, been operating since 1979. Can you give us a bit of an overview of what has changed in the market over that time and where the big growth areas have been?
There's probably three things I would call out. in terms of changes we've seen in the market. And maybe just a little bit about our background is helpful.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Why is private credit becoming a popular investment option?
0:00–0:04
2
What was Henry Holm's first investment lesson?
0:04–0:08
3
Why does private credit exist and what needs does it fulfill?
0:08–0:10
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How has the Australian private credit market evolved since the GFC?
0:10–0:30
5
What does a real-world private credit deal in Sydney look like?
0:30–0:38
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What risks should investors be aware of in private credit?
0:38–1:28
7
How can investors assess a private credit manager effectively?
1:28–1:55
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What advice does Henry Holm have for young investors?
1:55–32:27
Speakers
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