• Amicaa's analysis cautions that senior secured status alone does not establish downside protection in Australian private credit as borrower stress attracts regulatory scrutiny.
• Repayment risks differ across strategies: property development lending depends on project completion and sales; corporate direct lending relies on recurring business cash flows.
• High leverage, weak loan documentation and illiquid collateral can undermine recoveries, making headline yields an incomplete measure of investment risk.
• Investors are likely to scrutinize strategies and managers more closely as market stress exposes weak structures and liquidity mismatches.

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