{"id":879048,"date":"2026-09-04T00:10:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T00:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/879048\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T00:10:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T00:10:10","slug":"bathla-sydney-developer-collapse-hits-rmbl-melbourne-investors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/879048\/","title":{"rendered":"Bathla, Sydney developer collapse hits RMBL Melbourne investors"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s one of the country\u2019s oldest and largest private credit firms, headquartered in an unassuming corner of suburban Melbourne. Now RMBL, which has grown its loan book to almost $3 billion over the last six decades, has emerged as an unexpected linchpin of a real estate giant far from its Dandenong base \u2013 failed Sydney developer Bathla.<\/p>\n

RMBL, which has had next to no significant profile despite its size, is crammed in among some of the private credit industry\u2019s biggest names \u2013 from La Trobe Financial to Centuria Capital<\/a> \u2013 in a creditor pile that is owed more than $3.3 billion after Bathla called in administrators.<\/p>\n

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