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If the cash rate in Australia is headed back to what the Reserve Bank of Australia, and others, like to define as a neutral range of say 4.5 per cent to 5.0 per cent over the course of next year, what.. read more

The four major banks are steadily weaning themselves off government-guaranteed bond issuance. read more

The 10-year debt market is not just the preserve of banks. Optus Finance Pty Ltd also raised ten-year funds during the week, issuing US$500 million of Euro medium-term notes at a margin of just 150 ba.. read more

The foundation of all emerging recovery in credit markets remains uncertain to a large degree. The assumption being made is that we have entered a V-shaped recovery. This still seems like a big call t.. read more

Kommunalbanken was the surprise issuer of the week, becoming the first non-SSA kangaroo issuer to return to the market post the GFC. read more

Across the Tasman Sea, Bank of New Zealand added NZ$40 million to its recently opened September 2016 line, to take outstandings to NZ$100 million. The increase was priced at the same margin of 135 bas.. read more

Macquarie Bank priced and upsized its SMART Series 2009-1 Trust transaction. The deal size was increased to A$675 million from A$320 million but only the short-dated A$98.75 million, Class A-1 tranche.. read more

In what appears to be a clear exercise in year-end window dressing, National Australia Bank sold A$600 million of hybrid, tier one securities to Deutsche Bank London on September 30. The highly struct.. read more

On Thursday US time, CIT Group announced a comprehensive restructuring plan worked out with bondholders. The goal of the board is for CIT to emerge as a well-funded bank holding company, though one, i.. read more

Last week saw the two-week hiatus in issuance in the domestic corporate bond market come to an end with A$3.5 billion of bonds sold. read more