How to get (nearly) 10 per cent with the least risk

There is a push to open up private markets to smaller and less sophisticated investors, and fixed income-type opportunities are being advertised with returns north of 10 per cent. Here’s what investors need to know.

Jonathan Shapiro and Joanna Mather

Dec 8, 2023 – 6.00pm

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Investing outside listed markets in asset classes such as private equity, private debt and real estate has traditionally been the preserve of institutional investors and very wealthy families.

But there is a push to open up private markets to smaller and less sophisticated investors, and fixed income-type opportunities are being advertised with returns north of 10 per cent in Australia.

Jonathan Shapiro writes about banking and finance, specialising in hedge funds, corporate debt, private equity and investment banking. He is based in Sydney.

Joanna Mather joined the AFR as an education reporter in 2008. She spent four years in the Canberra press gallery before becoming superannuation reporter in 2016, deputy news director in 2021 and wealth editor in 2023.