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Some life returned to the domestic corporate bond market last week, with Commonwealth Bank being the stand-out issuer, adding A$1.5 billion to its January 2015 floating rate notes. read more

There was minimal issuance activity in the term debt market last week, with the countdown to the weekend's Greek elections keeping issuance - if not markets - subdued. ANZ provided the main interest.. read more

A recent resurgence in covered bond issuance by Australian financial institutions has provided evidence of deteriorating market conditions. read more

Seek sought to raise A$125 million from retail investors and has lost up to A$0.5 million in the process. read more

Seek Limited this week became the latest company to launch a hybrid security issue aimed at retail investors. The launch of Seek's hybrid comes less than a week after the Tatts Group launched its re.. read more

A change in the view of the "tail risks" if there were to be a steep fall in house prices and a sharp rise in home loan defaults in Australia lies behind the likelihood of lower credit ratings for m.. read more

Tatts Group Limited is the latest company to launch a retail bond issue, in a rare senior unsecured bond issue. read more

Following the requirements of short-form prospectuses, Tatts has disclosed a pro-forma profit and loss statement and balance sheet. read more

There was no formal word at the end of last week, or over the weekend, on the final size of the Heritage Bank retail bond, even though the book build was to have taken place on Thursday. read more

BHP Billiton announced yesterday that it had sold €2.0 billion of bonds. The debt issue follows a US$5.25 billion global bond issue in February. read more