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The RBA's decision to cut the cash rate by 25 basis points last week, to 2.75 per cent, may have been the catalyst for a rush of bank and corporate bond issuance from Wednesday on that highlights th.. read more

As flagged a month ago, Macquarie Group is going to replace the A$600 million of Convertible Preference Securities issued in 2008. It confirmed its intentions with the release of its 2013 results on.. read more

Qantas surprised the market when it announced to the ASX, on Monday, that it had placed A$125 million of seven-year bonds on the domestic market. read more

The New Zealand investor in infrastructure and utilities, Infratil Limited (which has no credit ratings), announced its latest bond issue aimed at retail investors last week. It is seeking to raise.. read more

Unlike Fitch and unlike Standard and Poor's, Moody's Investors Service is yet to finalise its approach to rating Basel III-compliant tier 1 and tier 2 capital issued by the banks. read more

Suncorp has launched the first Basel III compliant tier-two capital issue by an Australian authorised deposit-taking institution, and seems to have found some novel solutions to anticipated problems.. read more

An A$750 million, three-year floating rate note issue from Suncorp-Metway (rated A+) was priced on Friday, in a rare flicker of activity in the corporate bond market last week, after the hiatus link.. read more

In a move that is likely to stop the rush of corporate hybrid bond issuance seen in 2012 dead in its tracks, Standard & Poor's has released its revised criteria for granting equity credit to suc.. read more

While corporate hybrid note issues might be few and far between in the future, issuance by financial institutions is continuing apace. read more

Remarks in a speech made by Reserve Bank assistant governor Guy Debelle to an industry conference on Tuesday received some prominent coverage in financial media the next day. The remarks addressed t.. read more