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Year to date issuance in the structured finance sector is running well ahead of the same time last year. read more

Geopolitics is playing out in the rarefied work of public credit ratings. read more

Slowly but surely a junk bond market is emerging in Australia. At a time when the failings of the wholesale corporate bond market continue to be enunciated by many and the listed corporate bond market.. read more

As we go into the last week of May 2014, more than A$10.2 billion of bonds have been placed over the month in the domestic corporate bond market. This is the largest monthly issuance total for the yea.. read more

By the end of May 2013 the value of the Australian dollar relative to the US dollar had plummeted from above parity to below US96 cents. This followed the decision by the Reserve Bank board to cut the.. read more

Covered bonds are being put to work by banks for long-term funding after a period of inactivity. Offshore, National Australia Bank late last week sold €750 million of seven year covered bonds. read more

Over the last couple of days there has been much said in the media about the likelihood of Australia losing its 'AAA' credit rating from Standard & Poor's. There has also been debate among 'expert.. read more

Westpac returned to the US s144A market to issue US$1.75 billion of five-year covered bonds last week. The bonds were priced at mid-swaps plus 35 basis points. read more

The Financial Stability Board has published its final peer review report on reducing reliance on credit rating agency ratings, reviewing the progress made by national authorities in implementing the F.. read more

Closely tracking the performance of the European iTraxx credit default swap index over the first half of last year reveals that a large gap has opened up between that index and the Aussie iTraxx. read more