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Credit

RAM’s credit expertise extends from public market senior and subordinated strategies into less liquid unlisted credit and direct lending secured exposure. Our credit process ensures that our portfolios are biased toward high quality and reliable income streams. We offer income strategies with various risk, liquidity and credit profiles:

Our Strategies

Target Return
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What sets RAM apart is our direct loan origination through Brighten – a business conducted by wholly-owned subsidiaries of the RAM Group and an award-winning non-bank lender.

Brighten Awards

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Assets Under Management

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Public RMBS transactions

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Australia wide including partnerships with major aggregators

How RAM Group generates investment-grade credit​

The senior leadership team of the RAM Group have an average of more than 25 years of experience in investment management.

Direct Origination

Brighten manages the full loan lifecycle including origination, underwriting, servicing and funding. Every loan is subject to Brighten’s disciplined credit assessment framework, which includes independent property valuations, and detailed borrower assessment. ​

Funding Platform​

Brighten is supported by 8 Australian and global investment banks providing warehouse funding. It has successfully issued seven public RMBS transactions, raising a total of $3.6bn from some of Australia’s largest banks and top-tier international financial institutions.​

End-to-end Ownership​

By integrating origination, servicing and ongoing portfolio management under one aligned platform, RAM maintains end-to-end oversight of credit risk, ensuring we can deliver credit quality and resilience across market cycles.​

Our Competitive Advantages

Experienced Team

Award winning investment management team, with lead portfolio manager benefiting from 15+ yearsʼ investment experience.

Style & Performance

Strong track record with attractive risk adjusted returns in a range of market conditions due to defensive style.

Focus on Quality

Through focusing on the quality end of the investment spectrum, we reduce portfolio volatility and minimise the probability of default or drawdown.

Diversification

We focus on building well diversified portfolios to appropriately manage the asymmetric return profile of credit investing.

Industry Recognition

For four years running, Real Asset Management (RAM) has won the IMAP (Institute of Managed Account Professionals) Award for Australian Fixed Interest managed accounts. The judging panel is comprised of independent consultants and industry executives who commended RAM on the quality of our investment offering and risk-adjusted approach to portfolio construction.

IMAP Managed Account Awards
(Winner: 2018-2021, Finalist: 2023-2025)

Financial Services
Council Member

Responsible Investment
Association Australasia Member