Investors welcome return of FI Kangaroos as J.P. Morgan prints a billion

J.P. Morgan Chase (A+/Aa3/AA-), prised open the funding window for financial institutions (FIs) in the Kangaroo market on 4 March, pricing a five-year A$1 billion (US$901.6 million) benchmark. The transaction, which was launched on 3 March, is the first from a US FI since the same issuer sold A$950 million of fixed and floating rate five-year notes at 20 basis points over swap in June 2007.