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Average monthly issuance in the domestic debt capital market fell to A$4.2 billion in the June 2010 quarter, down from a monthly average of A$10 billion in the March quarter, and with no issuance at.. read more

Offshore issuance by Australian entities has slowed dramatically over the first half of 2010. This is a favourable trend, as it suggests the banks are much more comfortable with planning for their w.. read more

The story for the domestic securitisation market is seemingly stronger than for the sovereign, bank and corporate bond market. Issuance volume at the end of the June 2010 half totals A$9.3 billion,.. read more

In New Zealand domestic bond issuance is running at NZ$3.3 billion, compared with NZ$5.0 billion in the first half of 2009 and NZ$9.8 billion for the full year. read more

ME Bank upsized its SMHL Securitisation Fund 2010-2E RMBS issue to A$1.2 billion, from A$980 million; but it may have set an expensive precedent with the pricing of the US$335 million of Class A1 no.. read more

There was some modest issuance in the domestic corporate bond market to see out the end of the unlamented first half of 2010. read more

Bank of Queensland and QBE Insurance Group both announced lower Tier II qualifying, convertible note issues to the ASX on the last day of the financial year. read more

It seems the pressure that has been building in recent years for consolidation of New Zealand's highly fragmented finance sector, outside of the big banks, is starting to have an effect. read more

It is not generally well known that credit rating agencies Standard & Poor's and Moody's rate each other. S&P has only a short-term credit rating of 'A-1' on Moody's, while Moody's has a lon.. read more

Standard & Poor's lowered its ratings on three tranches of RMBS from another two Bluestone Group subprime and non-conforming RMBS issues last week. Ratings on the Class BA, BZ and CA notes issue.. read more