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The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has released a consultation document proposing revisions to the Basel securitisation framework. The paper calls for a complete re-working of the way banks.. read more

ANZ has followed Westpac and NAB in buying back Commonwealth government guaranteed bonds with approximately one year left until maturity. read more

The fortunes of the lenders' mortgage insurance sector may be on the wane. read more

Westpac has taken its covered bond issuance to date to approximately A$13 billion. read more

ANZ priced a A$750 million, 10.5-year, non-call subordinated floating rate note issue, with a non-call period of 5.5 years, at 220 basis points over the 90-day bank bill rate yesterday. read more

Westpac's St George Bank subsidiary has priced its Crusade ABS Series 2012-1 Trust - Westpac's first asset-backed bond issue in four years. read more

After launching a A$500 million prime RMBS issue on Tuesday, National Australia Bank upsized and priced the issue yesterday. read more

The end of November saw a rush of corporate bond issuance, with the launch of eight issues, including two issues from long-time absentees and a benchmark ANZ issue. read more

NAB surprised the market with an old-fashioned 10-year, non-call five-year, lower tier 2 subordinated debt issue last week. read more

November is shaping up to be the best month for issuance in the domestic corporate bond market since July. read more