Educating corporate Australia a market task

A further rationale for the development of a retail corporate bond market is to increase the range of debt funding options available to corporate Australia and decrease reliance on the banks for debt.. read more

RBNZ winds back emergency support measures

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand announced last week that it will wind back emergency funding and liquidity measures introduced at the height of the GFC, from the end of this month. Its Term Auction Fa.. read more

AOFM to buy more RMBS - Yours!

In the structured finance sector, Liberty Financial priced its A$126 million Australian Office of Financial Management-supported RMBS issue via Liberty PRIME Series 2009-2. It may not be coincidental.. read more

Incitec Pivot and Origin ready to sell bonds

Incitec Pivot Ltd may be the next company considering a corporate bond issue, either in the domestic market or more likely in the US. The maker of fertiliser received 'BBB/A-2' long- and short-term cr.. read more

Interest optional on uni bonds

In other news from New Zealand, Auckland International Airport is to issue up to NZ$125 million of five-year bonds and the University of Canterbury has launched a unique philanthropic ten-year bond is.. read more

Mirvac REIT buy-out a ratings plus

Moody's otherwise restricted itself to comments on announcements by Transurban and Lend Lease last week. On Transurban's announcement of an in-principle agreement being reached with the New South Wale.. read more

First anniversary of the financial bail-out

On the weekend just gone, one year ago, the Australian government announced that it would guarantee most bank deposits, and also provide guarantees to support the wholesale funding requirements of ban.. read more