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Doubts are emerging once more that the Bank of Queensland may not redeem the A$200 million of its hybrid securities, known as PEPS, on the first call date, of 17 December, 2012. read more

With all the talk of the banks increasingly relying on deposits for funding and decreasing their reliance on wholesale markets, observers may be losing track of just how much wholesale funding the b.. read more

Commonwealth Bank was the big wholesale borrower of last week, raising a total of US$3.25 billion in the US s144A market. read more

ANZ paid a seemingly high price to sell covered bonds in the US bond market last week. read more

Commonwealth Bank published details yesterday of its anticipated hybrid capital issue - a security that qualifies as "tier one" capital - with the release of the prospectus to the ASX. read more

Investors in an unrated bond being marketed by small business equipment financier Silver Chef will diversify the firm's funding away from long-term banker, Commonwealth Bank. read more

This time a month ago, July was shaping up to be the second lightest month for bond issuance, with records showing only A$5.5 billion of bonds being issued or priced for the month. However, a month.. read more

Two new securitisations were launched and priced last week. read more

In the domestic wholesale market, issuance activity was light, as highlighted in the previous story. That said, National Australia Bank (rated AA-) was the big issuer of the week, selling A$1.0 bill.. read more

Just when other companies are issuing hybrid notes, Goodman Group has said it will not be redeeming the perpetual hybrid notes it issued in 2007. read more