Macquarie Bank launched a new hybrid earlier this month and planned to raise at least $400m, for ‘general corporate purposes’ with the capacity to accept more. It raised $425m at a margin 290 basis points (2.9%) over 3 month BBSW. The hybrid will trade under (ASX:MBLPB) and is expected...
The Federal Government has launched an inquiry to investigate ways to expand the corporate bond market in Australia and provide mum and dad investors with easier, cheaper access to debt securities.
The Committee will consider the tax treatment of corporate bonds as well as the Corporations Act 2001 to determine...
Each month Fixed Income News Australia provides a wrap of all the latest bond issues and changes from around Australia.
Economic data
No RBA meeting in January, the cash rate remains at 0.75%
Devastating bushfires across five states, the Insurance Council of Australia says $800m in claims since September and...
VisionFund International (VisionFund), the mission-focused microfinance subsidiary of children's charity World Vision, today announces it has raised AUD20 million with its first bond issue.
In alignment with World Vision’s focus on children’s well-being and with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals of promoting sustainable economic growth (SDG 8) and gender equality...
FlexiGroup Limited (ASX: FXL) ( has announced the pricing of A$265m asset-backed securities (“ABS”), supported by a pool of unsecured, consumer receivables originated in Australia under its rebranded Buy Now Pay Later offering - humm.
Flexigroup is a regular ABS issuer and has been executing securitisations of its Buy Now...
National Australia Bank (NAB) today priced a $300 million green bond that will help improve the environmental performance of shopping centres owned by QIC Shopping Centre Fund (QSCF), one of the largest shopping centre landlords in Australia.
The QSCF green bond is the world’s first Climate Bond-certified green bond to...
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he Australian ETF market attracted $4.3b in new cash flows in the third quarter of 2019, the highest quarterly cash flows ever recorded.
The mammoth inflows contributed to the market surpassing $8.9b for the year to date, eclipsing the $8.1b received in 2017 with still three months to go according...
Each month Fixed Income News Australia provides a wrap of all the latest bond issues and changes from around Australia.
Economic data
RBA board keeps the cash rate on hold at 0.75%
Trade wars continue
Australian Financial Institutions
AMP
AMP announced an indicative A$200m additional tier-one (AT1) capital transaction. The deal is...
Leading non-bank lender Firstmac has completed a $1.4 billion RMBS issue – its largest ever public trade – within days of passing the milestone of $11 billion in loans under management.
Managing Director Kim Cannon said a total of 25 institutions had invested in the oversubscribed issue, which was more...
