Firstmac reopens RMBS market with AOFM support
- Friday, 27 March 2020
On 27 March, Firstmac printed the Australian market’s first securitisation transaction to be supported by the Australian Office of Financial Management (AOFM)’s A$15 billion (US$9.2 billion) structured finance support fund (SFSF). The SFSF is being implemented to support nonbank financial institutions and smaller authorised deposit-taking institutions through any funding stress resulting from the COVID-19 crisis.
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