Rebounding kangaroos will drive investor demand

One task to begin with this week is to correct some misconceptions and highly misleading reporting on the bond market over the course of last week in one national newspaper, the Australian Financial R.. read more

Fonterra overwhelmed in Kiwi bond market

The closest market to Australia with a highly successful retail corporate bond market is that in New Zealand, as we have observed many times before. Interest.co.nz has been keeping a tally on the numb.. read more

Return of the Samurais

The big event of last week was Westpac's ¥201 billion Samurai bond issue and simultaneous ¥44 billion Eurobond issue. Westpac raised the equivalent of a staggering $4.3 billion - possibly the larges.. read more

Credit spreads contracting for banks

Despite the continuing volatility in equity markets and the doom and gloom that pervades the global economy, the domestic corporate bond market ended the first month of 2009 on a positive note. read more

Rio a significant credit improver

Last week it was Rio Tinto's turn to be noted as one of the more significant credit improvers by the monitors at Markit Group. On Friday, Rio's CDS spreads contracted by 52 basis points to 748 bps, br.. read more

Fixed-income investors' risk appetite growing

There is some mounting evidence that the risk appetite of fixed income investors is starting to improve. On Thursday in the US, Goldman Sachs sold US$2 billion of ten-year bonds without a US governmen.. read more