Macquarie and ANZ favour s144A market
Both Macquarie Group and ANZ last week issued in the US s144A market, raising US$500 million each. ANZ National, the New Zealand offshoot of ANZ, raised twice as much.Macquarie (rated A-) sold seven-year bonds at 262.5 basis points over US treasuries to yield 4.89 per cent. ANZ (rated AA) sold 18-month FRNS at Libor plus 20 bps. This was said to swap back at 36 bps over bank bills. ANZ also raised HK$100 million for eight years. ANZ National approached the market the day before its parent with a US$.10 billion, five-year FRN issue priced at 160 bps over Libor. The Australian branch of Rabobank added another A$50 million to its January 2013 line, taking outstandings to A$650 million, when fungible.