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The Australian Office of Financial management fell well short of its target when it held the first auction from its holding of residential mortgage-backed securities last week. read more

Heritage Bank (rated BBB+) issued a new style of Basel III compliant, tier two subordinated debt to institutional investors last week, and in the process has likely set a benchmark for differentiated.. read more

New Zealand was again the location of most domestic corporate bond market activity with two new issues placed, a tap of an SSA line and the listing on the NZX Debt Market of a new retail bond issue. read more

The action in the debt capital market last week was in New Zealand, where China Construction Bank made its debut and Bank of New Zealand made a large issue. read more

Westpac, Macquarie Bank and Rabobank were among local financial institutions that were active in the corporate bond market last week. read more

The highlight in the debt capital market last week was National Australia Bank's A$1.9 billion, five-year floating rate note issue. read more

Australian National Proteins Limited advised the Australian Securities Exchange on Friday that it intended to issue A$50 million of senior unsecured bonds, with a term to maturity of seven years and p.. read more

2014 was the best year for structured finance issuance in Australia since the financial crisis, and this year is shaping-up to be just as good, if not better. read more

The highlight in the debt capital market last week was a ten-year bond issue from market debutant, Asciano Limited (rated BBB). read more

Right from the get-go, May has lived up to its reputation as being the month in which to sell, and then go away. read more