KfW gets its first A$2 billion Kangaroo with 2012 tap

The A$450 million (US$416.48 million) increase to KfW Bankengruppe (KfW)'s January 2012 Kangaroo bond that priced on January 19 brought the size of the line to A$2.1 billion, making it the issuer's first A$2 billion-plus line in the market and the joint third-largest Kangaroo outstanding. KfW is also just the second Kangaroo-issuing institution to have a bond of this size on issue.