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"Further improvement" is needed by banks on liquidity management, in the view of the prudential regulator. Given this, it's of interest to survey disclosures from three banks during last week's prof.. read more

Bond issuance has not been particularly strong over the year to date, and, with maturities for the year totalling A$72 billion, net issuance for the year could be minimal. As we near the end of Octo.. read more

A few weeks back I wrote about the increasing confidence among corporate borrowers concerning the ability of the corporate bond market to meet their term debt-funding needs. That article cited my P.. read more

ANZ and CBA were active in international bond markets last week. ANZ returned to the Uridashi market just a month after its last visit, and CBA went to the Euromarket. read more

Despite undertaking their own multi-billion dollar internal residential mortgage securitisations, banks are big buyers of their peers' RMBS issues too. This is because their own RMBS attract a great.. read more

Activity remained subdued in domestic credit markets last week. read more

Issuance activity remains relatively subdued in the domestic corporate bond market. read more

New Zealand's Ministry of Health has been assessing the viability of social benefit bonds over the last financial year. During this time, two successful social benefit bond issues have been complete.. read more

Bond issuance in international markets in the last week of September ensured issuance volume for the month was the largest for the year to date. Thanks to a US$5 billion raising by BHP Billiton, tot.. read more

Activity in the domestic corporate bond market was very quiet last week in the lead up to the US Federal Reserve's Federal Open Market Committee meeting on Wednesday, and then, subsequently, in shoc.. read more