Insights

Notes on the market we lend into

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Insights

What we think, and why

Observations on Australian private commercial mortgage lending, the structures used to fund it, and the choices behind the way Auremont is built.

October 2026

Origination is not the scarce resource

Australia has no shortage of lenders who can find a good commercial mortgage. What it is short of is a consistent standard applied behind them.

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October 2026

What containment actually buys, and what it does not

Holding each loan in its own trust bounds a problem on the day it arises. It does not stop the problem happening, and it is worth being precise about the difference.

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October 2026

Skin in the game, loan by loan

Alignment claimed at the portfolio level is weaker than it sounds. Alignment inside each individual loan behaves very differently when one of them goes wrong.

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