Online articles

• Government-sector issuers roundtable part one: Australian perspectives

  In January 2018, KangaNews invited representatives of Australia’s biggest government-sector funders to a roundtable discussion in Sydney. In the first part of the discussion, the issuers shared insights into the global funding environment, global investor demand and their own ambitions with respect to curve duration.

• Government-sector issuers roundtable part two: New Zealand perspectives

  The New Zealand government-sector bond market is well placed going into 2018, issuers tell KangaNews. A positive economic story and projected lower issuance from the sovereign should support a solid supply-demand dynamic – though issuers say they continue to work hard at investor engagement at home and abroad.

• Australasian government-sector issuer profiles and perspectives

  Profiles of all the capital-markets-relevant issuers in the Australian and New Zealand government sectors, including issuer-specific interviews with the most active borrowers and data from the two sovereign debt markets.

• Australian economy in focus

  Charts and commentary giving a snapshot of the Australian economic situation at the start of 2018.

• Government-sector issuers roundtable part three: issuance insights

  The final part of KangaNews’s exclusive Australasian government-sector issuers roundtable covers the specifics of funding plans – including the outlook for foreign-currency, floating-rate, and green and social securities.

• New Zealand economy in focus

  Charts and commentary giving a snapshot of the New Zealand economic situation at the start of 2018.