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Westpac is making the first securitisation deal by a major bank in 2011 - and its first since December 2009 - with a small A$435 million RMBS deal that will not be reliant on mortgage insurance. read more

The week past finally saw some serious placement of own-name debt by corporates, with two in the overseas markets and one locally. This was even as the flurry of activity around Kangaroo bonds conti.. read more

Seven years after acquiring National Bank of New Zealand, ANZ is taking steps to introduce a simpler management structure. read more

Commonwealth Bank's New Zealand operations generated big profits in the first half of the financial year, thanks to a sharp, 28 basis-point rise in net interest margins, which increased to 1.92 per.. read more

It was another quiet week for debt issuances from Australian companies, but the stream of Kangaroo issues continued, mainly from supranationals. read more

Richard Jamieson will move from chief financial officer of Westpac's bank in New Zealand to the CFO role at BT in Sydney in a month or so. read more

Building Society Holdings listed on the New Zealand stock exchange yesterday. The listing allows investors to participate in the shares of what could later become the only listed local bank. read more

A report from NZ's Savings Working Group has recommended changes to the tax system to remove serious distortions that encourage rental property investment over other investments. It also highlighted.. read more

The past week was a quiet one in a holiday-shortened week in Australia as much of the focus in the early part of the week was on the inaugural bond issue from the European Financial Stability Fund,.. read more

Westpac provided a cover pool of NZ$2.7 billion of residential mortgages for its maiden covered bond issue of up to €1 billion. read more