Commonwealth Bank of Australia
The sustainable-finance nexus
Commonwealth Bank of Australia is turbocharging the sustainable-finance operation within its institutional business, including some key new hires and more to come. The team is focused on working with clients to gain deep understanding of their ESG risks and, from there, assisting with transition. The bank’s ambition is high.
Athena exploring Olympus Trust 2022-1 RMBS transaction
TCorp launches dual-tranche FRN transaction
Bidders eager for Rentenbank’s first seven-year Kauri since 2017
Rentenbank’s first seven-year Kauri in five years received strong demand and printed at double its indicative volume at launch. The borrower says it will target longer-dated maturities for the remainder of the year, in all markets.
Pepper’s social RMBS goals focus on platform for product development
Australian nonbank lenders have long discussed the potential alignment of the type of lending they do with social-bond funding. As the first local issuer to bring an all-social residential mortgage-backed securities deal, Pepper Money says the value of the platform is primarily about the opportunity this type of funding offers for future development of lending product.
ASB US dollar tier-two attracts strong offshore interest
ASB Bank is the first New Zealand issuer to price an offshore tier-two deal under the Reserve Bank of New Zealand’s new bank-capital definitions. The US dollar transaction was popular with investors – about five times oversubscribed – and priced tighter than similar tier-two debt issued by Australia’s big-four banks.
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