Moody's Investors Service

Thursday, 05 November 2020
Oct/Nov 2020

Rocky road ahead

The 2020 iteration of the KangaNews-Moody’s Investors Service Corporate Borrower’s Intentions Survey highlights the response of corporate Australia and New Zealand to COVID-19. The results show treasury teams are anticipating a rocky path out of the crisis and a heightened domestic focus to their funding plans.

Sunday, 27 April 2025
Apr/May 2025

A growing market in a troubled world

Two themes emerged most clearly from discussions at the KangaNews Debt Capital Market Summit 2025: the overall healthy state of Australia’s fixed-income market, and the increasingly turbulent world in which it operates. Taking place less than 24 hours before the latest big blow against global free trade taken by the US government, the Trump administration and its consequences were not far from every conversation.

Tuesday, 07 January 2025
Dec/Jan 2024/2025

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.

Sunday, 03 November 2024
Oct/Nov 2024

New Zealand’s debt market gets ready to deliver

The KangaNews New Zealand Debt Capital Market Summit 2024 – which took place in Auckland on 11 September – delivered a report card on local market functionality and ability to deliver capital where it is needed. Participants discussed a raft of challenges including financing infrastructure and transition, and providing investors with diversity and liquidity. An improving economy and growing scale hold promise for the years ahead.

Tuesday, 11 June 2024
KangaNews Sustainable Finance H1 2024

Time for Australian sustainable finance to step up to the plate

Clearer policy direction, the development and implementation of a local taxonomy and mandatory climate reporting, and the impending inevitability of energy transition seem set to turbo charge the Australian sustainable finance market. Speakers at the KangaNews Sustainable Debt Summit in Sydney on 19 March discussed the economic and market impact of this inflection point.

Monday, 29 April 2024
Apr/May 2024

Foundations for the future

The KangaNews Debt Capital Market Summit 2024 took place in Sydney on 18 March amid an unprecedented bonanza of new issuance and at what could prove to be an inflection point for the local market. The agenda covered a raft of topics centred on the theme of taking advantage of recent growth to deliver a market that is match fit for the demands that will be placed on it, with discussions ranging from the impact of geopolitics and global economic currents to the need to stay ahead of accelerating technological advances.

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