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As safe as bricks and mortar
In the second of two roundtables exploring corporate sectors on the front line of the COVID-19 crisis, in November 2020 KangaNews and Westpac Institutional Bank hosted issuers and analysts from the Australian REIT sector to talk about pandemic fallout. The conversation covered crisis response and the new shape of the sector in future, including the likely impact on individual property categories.
A decade of development
The KangaNews-Westpac Corporate Debt Summit debuted in 2011, with a relatively small audience and a market that could not yet take consistent supply of corporate bonds for granted. In the decade since, the event and the market have grown and diversified. By 2019 – the last year before COVID-19 put the in-person event on hiatus – registrations had more than trebled, to nearly 600, and the event’s agenda covered not just corporate debt but a raft of issues relevant to the economic and business environment.
DWPF return highlights strong corporate demand amid light deal flow
DWPF Finance returned to the Australian dollar market for its first new deal in six years on 27 July. Deal sources say the issuer was keen to hit the deepest pocket of Australian dollar demand and to establish a longer point on its curve, eventually receiving good support for both the seven- and 11-year tranches it offered.
DWPF Finance prints A$600 million dual-tranche deal
DWPF Finance launches domestic dual-tranche deal
DWPF Finance taking indications of interest for dual-tranche deal
