Deal and ratings review, week ending 17 November 2017

Lloyds Banking Group returned to the Australian market during the second full week of November, with an A$450 million (US$307.7 million) 10-year Kangaroo. Meanwhile, ME Bank priced an A$200 million perpetual additional tier-one, Challenger Life Company printed an A$400 million tier-two and Commonwealth Bank of Australia netted A$2.65 billion in its second residential mortgage-backed securities transaction of 2017.