Why Childcare Centres Can Be Australia's Most Defensive Property Play | Investment Matters Podcast - InvestmentMarkets | Find & Compare Australian Investments

28 Aug 2026

Summary:

Darren Connolly sits down with Marcus Cleary, Head of Distribution at Oreana Investments to explore the early education and childcare centre sector. They discuss what makes this specialist property niche such a defensive asset including government-backed rebates, CPI-linked rent, long leases, and choice of location, all combined with Oreana’s fully integrated build-and-operate model.

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Meet the speakers

Darren Connolly - CEO

Darren Connolly

CEO, InvestmentMarkets

Darren has 25 years experience executing commercial, customer-focused growth strategies across a wide variety of Financial Services markets (Wealth, Investments, Funds, Banking, Broking, Payments). He has a deep knowledge of the institutional, intermediated, and retail investor landscape having built and led product, marketing and sales teams across UK, Europe, US and Asia-Pacific regions. 25+ Years Financial Services UK, Europe, US, Asia-Pacific.

Marcus Cleary

Head of Distribution, Oreana Investments

Marcus has over 25 years experience in the Financial Services Industry commencing his career as an Associate Adviser with the Garrisons firm. During this time he completed the Diploma of Financial Planning (DFP). Prior to joining Oreana, Marcus has held distribution roles with Australian Unity, Charter Hall, Macquarie Bank and was the Head of Wholesale Sales and UBS Asset Management.

Related Investments

Oreana Professional Partners Fund

Oreana Professional Partners Fund

Earn 20%+ net returns from direct investments in established, profitable professional services firms across Australia.

Wholesale Investor

Objective

Growth and Income

Category

Alternatives Funds

Min. Investment

$100,000

Liquidity

Illiquid

Availability

Open for investment

Funding Stage

Unlisted Early-Stage Fund

Structure

Managed Fund

Comparison unavailable

Oreana Early Education Fund

Oreana Early Education Fund

10%+ returns. Enabled by Oreana’s end-to-end investment model.

Wholesale Investor

Objective

Growth and Income

Category

Property

Min. Investment

$50,000

Liquidity

Illiquid

Availability

Open for investment

Funding Stage

Unlisted Early-Stage Fund

Structure

Managed Fund

Comparison unavailable

Oreana Protected Income Fund

Oreana Protected Income Fund

Secure Fixed Income. Property-Backed. Market-Resilient.

Wholesale Investor

Objective

Income

Category

Private Credit Funds

Min. Investment

$100,000

Liquidity

Illiquid

Availability

Open for investment

Funding Stage

Unlisted Early-Stage Fund

Structure

Other

Comparison unavailable

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