AOFM returns
The Australian Office of Financial Management returned from being AWOL last week and held its now customary bond tenders on Wednesday and Friday. The two bonds offered were relatively short dated and well supported. AOFM sold A$700 million of June 2011 and May 2013 bonds at weighted average yields of 3.72 per cent and 4.74 per cent respectively, with oversubscription rates of 4.0 and 3.8 times.The New Zealand Debt Management Office held tenders for three bonds on Thursday: NZ$50 million of November 2011, NZ$100 million of December 2017 and NZ$150 million of May 2021. Weighted average yields and oversubscription rates were 3.6 per cent and 2.7 times, 5.58 per cent and 2.4 times and 6.07 per cent and 2.4 times.World Bank priced a NZ$300 million, global kauri issue at NZGB+37 bps or around 25 bps over swap, on Friday. Maturity date is 15 December 2014. World Bank now has NZ$750 million of bonds outstanding in the Kauri market.Northern Territory Treasury Corporation (rated 'Aa1') opened a July 2014 line with the sale of A$250 million of bonds at a yield of 5.86 per cent or 81.75 bps over CGS.