15 April 2019

GCI Investment Update March 2019

In early April the A$2 billion Australian Business Securitisation Fund Act (“ABSF”) was passed by the Federal Parliament, which was established to invest in securitisations backed by small and medium enterprise (“SME”) loans made by non-major banks and non-banks. The Government’s objective is to provide competitive financing to smaller banks who can then in turn increase the availability of finance to the SME sector.

GCI Investment Update Mar 2019

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