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CFS Retail Property Trust announced a A$120 million issue in the traditional US private placement market yesterday. read more

Conditions in credit markets may be tough, but it could be an exaggeration to say they are effectively closed, as ANZ's CEO Mike Smith has suggested. read more

National Australia Bank is marketing a retail subordinated debt issue that will improve its total capital ratio. read more

Westpac surprised credit markets yesterday by announcing a minimum A$750 million prime mortgage-backed bond that will be sold via the Series 2012-1 WST Trust. read more

Placement of unsecured bonds by banks totalled A$4 billion last week, helped by a global bond issue form Morgan Stanley and also featuring a finely priced deal from ANZ. read more

ME Bank finalised the second mortgage-backed securities funding of the calendar year on Friday, with the deal size increased to A$1 billion. read more

ING Bank Australia may become the first issuer of mortgage-backed securities this year. read more

The enthusiasm of retail investors for hybrid capital securities from banks that count as tier-one capital and are compliant with Basel III may be well and truly be misplaced if the reaction of int.. read more

The Australian Office of Financial Management has sold A$50 million of fixed rate, bullet maturity RMBS from its portfolio. This is the first sale of mortgage-backed securities by the AOFM in two ye.. read more

The cost of borrowing by banks in the term market continues to improve, with ANZ completing the sale of A$2 billion in bonds at spreads substantially lower than that paid by Commonwealth Bank when i.. read more