Deal and ratings review, week ending 3 May 2019

There were only three transactions in the Australian market during the last few days of April and the first few days of May. In addition to a June 2029 Kangaroo tap by International Finance Corporation, Suncorp-Metway printed A$500 million (US$349.8 million) and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce Australlia Branch priced A$400 million in respective three- and one-year floating-rate note transactions.