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Macquarie Leasing launched the first securitisation for 2012 late last week - its fifth in the US debt market. read more

Spreads on term debt for major banks are narrowing, judging by domestic and offshore deals concluded over the last day or so. read more

National Australia Bank has established an up-to-date benchmark for the sale of unsecured term debt in the US bond market, with the NAB bond being issued during a week of steady sales of kangaroo bo.. read more

Hybrid fixed-interest securities marketed by three banks and one industrial company over the last week or two have failed to generate the scale of investor demand sometimes associated with such issu.. read more

Fitch Ratings has concluded the review of the credit ratings assigned to the four major banks initiated at the end of last month. The long term issuer default ratings assigned to CBA, National Austra.. read more

The market is crowded with hybrid bank issues, following Westpac's launch yesterday of an issue of convertible preference shares. read more

Last week was a notable one for bond issuance, with another Korean bank making its Australian debut; NAB providing price discovery for senior unsecured bond issuance by the major banks; Westpac maki.. read more

With the summer holiday period over and markets getting back to 'normal', reports emerged last week of two likely hybrid issues: one from Westpac and one from AGL Energy. read more

Is it thin holiday trading and the optimism of a new year that tends to result in financial markets putting on a good show in January, or is there more to it this year? Will 2012 see some recovery a.. read more

The spread that two large banks paid over the last two weeks for covered bonds in the domestic debt market may have been generous, if the measures of pricing in the secondary market can be believed. read more