Metrics Credit Partners阻止投资者访问其部分基金，并推迟发布这些投资组合经审计的财务报告。此前一周，这家澳大利亚私人信贷管理公司下调了这些基金的估值。
By Adam Haigh and Richard Henderson Metrics Credit Partners stopped investors from accessing some of its funds and delayed the release of its audited financial reports for the portfolios after the Australian private credit manager cut the valuations of the funds earlier this week.
根据Perpetual Ltd.周三发布的声明，相关底层基金的单位赎回“现已暂时暂停”。Perpetual在澳大利亚运营和管理投资计划，但未披露面临赎回暂停的具体基金。
Redemptions of units in the underlying funds “have now been suspended temporarily,” according to statements on Wednesday from Perpetual Ltd. Perpetual, which operates and manages investment schemes in Australia, did not name the individual funds facing redemption halts.
审计师KPMG表示，无法在9月30日前就财务报告出具审计意见。Metrics发言人没有立即回应置评请求。
Auditor KPMG said it wouldn’t be in a position to provide its audit opinion on the financial reports by Sept. 30. A spokesperson for Metrics didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
据彭博计算，Metrics周一将三只基金的价值下调约1.69亿澳元（1.18亿美元），而相关投资工具的交易仍处于暂停状态。
Metrics on Monday reduced the value of the three funds by around A$169 million ($118 million), according to Bloomberg calculations, while trading in the vehicles remains halted.
该公司管理着约400亿澳元资产，并与澳大利亚私人信贷市场的快速增长紧密相关。近年来，澳大利亚规模达2000亿澳元的私人信贷市场受到更多关注，其中大部分贷款流向房地产。
The company manages around A$40 billion and has become closely linked to the sharp growth of Australia’s private credit market. There has been a heightened focus on Australia’s A$200 billion private credit market in recent years, where the bulk of lending has gone to real estate.