Kanga.Trends
Australasian market news from March and April 2011, including coverage of deal flow and key legislative announcements.
Feature: Short supply
Activity in the asset-backed market was subdued at the beginning of the year, with low mortgage origination levels reducing the need for funding while a tightened regulatory regime elongated the time frame for bringing a deal to market. But market participants say securitisation demand is as strong as it has been since the financial crisis, and supply at the start of the second quarter has begun to meet this demand.
KangaNews 50th edition: High – and low – five
This is the 50th edition of KangaNews and also marks the publication’s fifth anniversary. KangaNews is proud to have served the Australasian debt markets for five tumultuous years, and presents in this edition an overview of the peaks and troughs of the debt world since 2006, through a selection of quotes that have appeared in the magazine.
Roundtable discussion: Currency exposure key to private bank’s AUD allocations as USD dependence wanes
The Asian private bank sector, with Singapore as one of its key hubs, is an increasingly significant investor base for Australian fixed income. In April 2011 HSBC and KangaNews hosted a roundtable in Singapore at which nine of the most significant local investors from the famously secretive private banking industry discussed their views on Australian assets.
Feature: Changing contours
An avalanche of liquidity and event-driven opportunity has changed the shape of the Australian loan syndication market over the last 12 months. But relative pricing and regulation may shift its contours yet again.
Kanga.Deals
Exclusive data and league tables for Australian and New Zealand market deals priced in the year to April 28. |
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