
La Trobe Financial

SIZE OF LOAN BOOK | A$20bn | ||
MAKEUP OF LOAN BOOK | Super-prime mortgages: 11.9% Prime mortgages: 28.6% Near-prime mortgages (LVR <=70%): 26.1% Near-prime mortgages (LVR >70%): 23.9% Specialist mortgages: 5.3% Cash and liquid assets: 4.3% |
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GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF LOAN BOOK | Australia: 100% | ||
OUTSTANDING DEBT ISSUANCE | RMBS: A$5bn Institutional limits: A$4.3bn Retail credit fund: A$10.9bn |
Data as at 30 June 2024.
About La Trobe Financial
La Trobe Financial is Australia’s premier retail alternative asset manager. Established in 1952 and with A$20 billion of AUM, La Trobe Financial is a proven and trusted investment partner for institutional and retail investors. It operates Australia’s largest retail credit fund, with A$11 billion in AUM from 100,000 investors in a number of key domestic and global strategies.
La Trobe Financial is committed to providing finance and investment solutions, which it does for 130,000 customers globally. It is a trusted steward of capital for many of the world’s largest credit investors, carefully selecting and managing diverse portfolios of assets across a number of mandates – including private credit.
Ownership and capital structure
La Trobe Financial is a Brookfield portfolio company. The business is overseen and governed by a highly experienced, independent board of directors and maintains a strong capital structure.
La Trobe Financial has one of the most diversified funding programmes operating in Australia, comprising a combination of bank term investment mandates, warehouse facilities, the retail credit fund and public RMBS funding. The business has a sophisticated treasury model and maintains contingent funding capacity for a variety of forward-looking economic scenarios.
Asset performance
La Trobe Financial targets complex prime mortgage assets that display a better-than-average loss experience versus peers. This is a function of conservative underwriting and a maximum loan-to-value ratio of 80 per cent.
Funding strategy
La Trobe Financial has one of the most diversified funding programmes in its segment. This comprises:
• A$4.3 billion of term debt mandates and facilities from local and international banks and finance houses.
• A retail credit fund worth A$11 billion, which is the largest in market, from 100,000 investors and featuring seven distinct investment accounts.
• About A$5 billion of complementary publicly rated RMBS transactions.
The business is experiencing strong growth in each segment and expects this to continue. La Trobe Financial has a deep commitment to RMBS markets and will continue to be a regular issuer.
Business performance
La Trobe Financial continues to experience growing demand for its offerings from borrowers and investors, a testament to its disciplined approach to portfolio underwriting and asset origination standards across a variety of asset classes and strategies.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:
Martin Barry
Chief Financial Officer
+61 2 8046 1502
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Paul Brown
Treasurer
+61 3 8610 2397
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