Australian Office of Financial Management
State of rates: Australia's high-grade market in depth
On 22 October, KangaNews hosted the latest in the KangaNews Debt Capital Markets Summit 2020 webinar series. The session had a rates-market flavour, including a discussion between some of Australia’s leading market participants about how massively increased sovereign issuance, central-bank intervention and a raft of new dynamics will shape their sector.
KangaNews Awards 2024: Market People of the Year
KangaNews is pleased to reveal its Market People of the Year for 2024, which were announced at the KangaNews Gala Dinner in Sydney on 3 April. These are the individuals who voters in the KangaNews Awards 2024 said went above and beyond to contribute to the development of the Australian and New Zealand debt markets. There are no restrictions on the firms, role or seniority of winners – voters were simply asked to consider who contributed most to the market in either or both 2024 specifically or across the span of a career.
Team Australia hits the road to fulfil expanded issuance task
The early weeks of 2025 suggested markets are picking up where they left off at the end of the previous year: ample liquidity and generally favourable issuance conditions for good-quality borrowers despite periodic volatility prompted by a febrile geopolitical environment. Australia’s high-grade issuers enter the year with plenty of funding to do and – in the case of semi-governments – heightened scrutiny on their debt burdens. KangaNews and National Australia Bank gathered a group of female leaders from the issuer and investor spaces to discuss the market outlook.
Market growth despite clouded economic outlook
Two themes emerged strongly from conversations at the 2024 Commonwealth Bank of Australia Global Markets Conference, which took place in Sydney and Melbourne in October. One is the shifting tectonic plates of geopolitics and macroeconomic norms, which makes forecasting the outlook more challenging than ever. The other is the underlying growth and improved functionality of the Australian debt market, which is producing opportunities and attracting capital in the high-grade and credit sectors.
KangaNews Awards 2024: institution and deal winners announced
KangaNews is proud to announce the winners of the institutional and deal categories in the KangaNews Awards 2024. At the end of a banner year in the Australian and New Zealand capital markets, KangaNews received votes from hundreds of market participants keen to recognise the achievements of 2024's most outstanding performers.
Demand supports growing issuance from Australian sovereign sector issuers
In July, KangaNews and Westpac Institutional Bank gathered Australia’s biggest sovereign and semi-government issuers to discuss their funding needs and strategies. Semi-government spreads have risen and funding tasks remain high, but issuers have plenty of options.
HIGH-GRADE ISSUERS YEARBOOK 2024
The ultimate guide to Australian and New Zealand government-sector borrowers.
