Westpac
Breaking new ground in New Zealand
In November 2018, the first-ever KangaNews-Westpac New Zealand Sustainable Finance Summit took place in Auckland. The event brought together participants from across the New Zealand capital market including corporate entities, institutional investors and government to enhance dialogue about market-led solutions to the challenges posed by transition to a sustainable environmental and social future.
Structural changes opening opportunities for New Zealand nonbanks
In the wake of its latest New Zealand residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) deal, Resimac says structural changes in the local mortgage market are opening opportunities for nonbanks in prime mortgage lending and, therefore, securitisation. The issuer also says the depth and breadth of bids for its paper broadened in the new transaction.
Business development and conducive market an upper for Downer
Downer Group Finance (Downer) priced its first Australian dollar deal since 2015 on 15 April. Issuer and leads say significant developments in Downer’s business composition opened the deal up to a broader suite of investors, while prevailing market sentiment induced a rapid book build and tightened pricing.
Resimac prices NZ$250 million Versailles 2019-1 RMBS deal
BOQ prints A$500 million three-year domestic FRN
Downer prices new seven-year A$300 million deal
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