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Bendigo and Adelaide Bank completed the bookbuild for its CPS 3 note issue on Thursday. The bookbuild resulted in the issue size being increased slightly to A$225 million (from $200 million) and the c.. read more

April finished on a lacklustre note for the domestic corporate bond market. With the month seeing maturities of more than A$8.7 billion, issuance of just $8.85 billion was barely enough to achieve pos.. read more

The margin on Bendigo and Adelaide Bank's new issue of additional tier one capital looks skinny compared with the AMP deal that preceded it. read more

Kroll Bond Rating Agency has released a study of US bank failures during the financial crisis, which finds that asset size is not a predictor of financial strength. read more

Kiwi Capital Funding Limited yesterday advised the New Zealand stock exchange of its intention to issue up to NZ$150 million of perpetual, non-cumulative, unsecured, subordinated securities, otherwise.. read more

Commonwealth Bank (rated AA-) issued tier two subordinated bonds in the Euromarket late last week, raising €1.25 billion for twelve years with a non-call period of seven years. read more

At the end of 2014 global financial markets were positioning for the first rise in United States interest rates since the onset of the financial crisis, and the beginning of a normalisation of monetar.. read more

On Monday the government released its taxation white paper, the latest in a long line of taxation reviews. However, in this paper it appears that little has been left unconsidered - no sacred cows hav.. read more

Seven issuers sold almost A$3.7 billion of bonds in the wholesale corporate bond market in the last full week of March, ahead of what is likely to be a quiet week leading up to Easter. read more

Moody's Investor Service released its updated bank rating methodology last week and moved quickly to place on review the ratings of those banks likely to be affected by the change. read more