Kommunalbanken back with more to come in 2007
Kommunalbanken Norway (KBN) (AAA/Aaa/AAA) made its first foray into the Kangaroo market for over a year with the issue of a A$200 million (US$163 million), triple-A rated note priced on March 21.KfW prices 10-year deal
On March 14 KfW Bankengruppe (KfW) priced A$300 million of March 2017 bonds via ANZ Investment Bank and TD Securities. This is KfW’s second new point on the curve so far this year and it now has one of the deepest curves in the Kangaroo market.Rentenbank ponders Roo strategy
The German agency has so far opened one new line and increased two transactions in 2007. With limited liquidity it can be tricky to get the balance right between reopenings and new issues.Austraclear exit paves way for issuing and paying entrants
The issuing and paying agency market is expecting new entrants following Austraclear’s decision not to accept any new business in the area while it conducts a wide-scale internal review.US FIs return with jumbo deals
A total of A$5.1 billion was issued by four US-based financial institutions in the first two weeks of February. This comprises 68.5 per cent of the total volume of A$7.45 billion issued in the year to February 16.