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Investing in a Falling Interest Rate Environment
With the trimmed mean annual CPI figure down to 2.40% in May 2025, a healthy drop from 2.8% in April 2025, Australia is now ‘enjoying’ its lowest inflation rate since November 2021. And this trend is set to continue.
Balmain Opportunity Trust – 2025 Investor Meeting
We are delighted to share with you the highlights video of the Balmain Opportunity Trust Investor Meeting from June 2025.
Balmain is coming to Perth and Adelaide for Investor Conferences
Be invited to the conference to discuss our present and future opportunities
Balmain Opportunity Trust – 2024 Investor Meeting
Watch the video featuring Michael Holm and Andrew Griffin
Balmain at the AAS & SMSF Conference
AAS hosted a SMSF conference in Kuala Lumpur during 13-17 September 2023
A Decade of Results
This year marks Balmain’s 10th anniversary of its first mortgage online investment fund, Balmain Discrete Mortgage Income Trusts.
Balmain Private receives Highly Commended Award at the Fund Manager of the Year 2022 Awards
With over 10,000 active funds in Australia, SQM Research reviewed each fund's performance, risk and annualised returns to shortlist the finalists for the 2022 Fund Manager of the Year Awards.
Warnings on ‘high-yield’ products reach fever pitch
Tread carefully on how you navigate the current landscape given everything appears calm on the surface.
A well put together conference - winners all round
Balmain Private attended the 2020 SMSF Conference on the Gold Coast this February. The event was described by Delegates as well put together, engaging, relevant and interesting.
Balmain Private is visiting the Gold Coast
Balmain Private will be visiting the Gold Coast for the premier and most-anticipated SMSF Conference in Australia.
Announcement: Winners of the Balmain prize draw held at the Property Buyer & Investor Expo
Thank you to those who came and visited Balmain Private at the Property Buyer & Investor Expo.
Meet and chat with Balmain Private on stand 54
The Property Buyer & Investor Expo at Sydney Olympic Park is your opportunity to meet and learn from a host of Australia's leading property and wealth experts, sharing great ideas for a richer life.
Beware the next looming loan crisis
New operators with little experience are rushing into the mortgage market
Quality attendees and wholehearted exhibitor satisfaction
With 2000+ registrants, 1092 quality attendees and wholehearted exhibitor satisfaction the 2019 Melbourne SMSF & Investor Expo was a highly successful event.
Announcement: Winners of the Balmain prize draw held at the SMSF+Investor Expo - June 2019
Thank you to those who came and visited Balmain Private at the SMSF+Investor Expo.
Investing in mortgages: the other side of property market
With term deposits now cut further still, it is inevitable investors will turn to high-yield opportunities outside the sharemarket.
Hunting for yield
Michael Holm, executive chairman of Balmain Corporation, explains how commercial property loans offer strong income returns, low loan to value ratios and multiple levels of security.
Mortgage trusts offer better return for yield-hungry, says SQM
Rising returns and improved transparency could provide "flourishing" conditions for Australian mortgage trusts, according to SQM Research, which analyses property investments.
Demand from financial planners sparks development of new adviser portal
Unexpected demand from financial planners to help SMSF clients find income-producing investments has led boutique fund manager Balmain Private to start work on an adviser portal for its online mortgage investment platform.
Balmain responds to turmoil directly
The changing demands of self-managed super fund (SMSF) trustees as they enter retirement, and concerns over potential barriers between asset managers and investors created by platforms, have prompted the boutique fund manager Balmain Funds to adopt a different tack to getting its wares to market.
Product Watch - Balmain Discrete Mortgage Income Trusts
Possibly the safest way to invest in commercial real estate debt for self-managed superannuation funds that we've come across.
Product Road Test - Balmain Discrete Mortgage Income Trusts
If you have been involved in commercial property, you are bound to have heard of the Balmain Group. If you haven’t, then Balmain is Australia’s largest non-bank commercial property loan organisation, having originated more than $30 billion of commercial mortgage loans since its foundation in 1979.
Balmain fund targets SMSFs
The nation’s leading non-bank commercial property loan operation, Balmain, has launched a mortgage fund for a new era of self-managed super fund investors.
