Deal and ratings review, week ending 24 November 2017

A relatively quiet week for Australian dollar issuance was highlighted by United Overseas Bank, Royal Bank of Canada and Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation all issuing one-year floating-rate transactions through their Sydney branches. In securitisation, Firstmac priced its third public prime residential mortgage-backed securities transaction of 2017 with an A$600 million (US$457.6 million) deal.