MA Financial Group

Unlike fund managers that purchase loans in the secondary market, MA Financial originates most of its credit exposure directly. Its retail mortgage brokerage, Finsure, aggregates more than 4,000 brokers who generate residential loan flow, while the institutional team originates property, corporate, and specialty finance loans that are then held in managed credit funds. The firm states that it directly manages many of the loans it holds, which keeps origination and servicing within its own infrastructure.

It is both. The group manages third-party capital across private credit, real estate, and hospitality funds, but it also owns and operates real assets directly. Redcape Hospitality, for example, is a subsidiary that runs hotel operations rather than simply holding the property as a passive investment. Staff and MA Financial itself co-invest alongside clients in many of the funds.

MA Financial operates the exclusive Australian partnership for global investment bank Moelis & Company through its MA Moelis Australia unit. This franchise provides M&A advisory, equity and debt capital markets services, and equities research and trading to clients in Australia, with the broader MA Financial group supplying balance-sheet lending alongside the advisory arm.

The firm lists private equity and venture capital among its strategies, alongside more prominent credit and real asset lines. Its website identifies 'unique operating assets and private equity and venture capital' within its investment mandate, though the size and portfolio composition of the venture effort is not publicly disclosed with the same specificity as the credit and hospitality units.

The Finsure platform acts as an aggregator for more than 4,000 mortgage brokers, representing $179 billion in loans from over 80 bank and non-bank lenders. Borrowers access loans through brokers on the Finsure panel, while MA Financial's proprietary MA Money platform provides residential mortgages funded directly by MA Financial's own capital — effectively running both a distribution network and a principal lending book.

Yes, the MA Foundation was established in 2018 as a dedicated vehicle for community support. Separately, the firm states that environmental, social, and governance factors are integrated into its investment decision-making and asset-ownership processes.

MA Financial lists offices in China, Hong Kong, New Zealand, the Philippines, Singapore, and the United States, with over 900 professionals spread across these locations. The extent of investment activity in each jurisdiction is not disclosed in detail, but the firm frames itself as a global alternative asset manager.