Humm Group
Green consumer finance expands in Australian ABS
The Australian market saw the pricing of a pair of green-labelled, consumer-finance asset-backed securities (ABS) on the same day – 22 October – in the middle of the local securitisation market’s busiest week of the COVID-19 era. Deal sources say the execution process allowed the deals to come in the hectic week, and that the green element was additive to demand.
humm taking IOIS for Q Card Trust ABS
New Zealand securitisation gets started as MTF returns
MTF opened the New Zealand dollar securitisation market for 2024 in what the issuer describes as a positive environment for structured finance issuance. A year since its last term deal, the borrower says loan origination determined the timing of market return but also suggests issuing first is a good way to ensure maximum support in New Zealand.
humm mandates NZ$84.1 million ABS
2023 year in review: New Zealand market stays on board amid choppy waters
New Zealand’s capital market faced several headwinds in 2023 but managed to navigate a course to issuance consistent with recent years. A late year regulatory update could suggest smoother sailing ahead for at least one key sector, though deal flow from 2023 provides few hints at a radical change in supply or demand patterns.
Diverse Australian securitisation collateral a safe haven as volatility builds
The Australian dollar securitisation market has continued to offer issuance opportunities for originators of a wide range of collateral despite revived rates uncertainty and an uncertain geopolitical backdrop. Recent issuers from outside the prime mortgage sector note ongoing supportive liquidity, improving pricing conditions and a noteworthy level of domestic investor support.
nonbank Yearbook 2023
KangaNews's eighth annual guide to the business and funding trends in Australia's nonbank financial-institution sector.