NZ looks to covered bonds, while Nordic SSAs have success with USD

The Kiwis showed the Australian market how it's done this week, with the pricing of the first New Zealand bank covered bond prompting some bond-envy on the Australian side of the Tasman Sea. Meanwhile, KangaNews tracked a Korean agency looking to visit the Aussie market and talks with a brace of Nordic SSAs about how global investors are differentiating within their sector by strongly supporting their USD deals.