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KangaNews DCM Summit duration webinar
The development of long-dated liquidity is a massive agenda item for the Australian debt market, as sovereign issuance soars and yield at the front end stays anchored. Local and global market participants shared views on how duration has evolved internationally and what might be in store for Australia, at a November KangaNews Debt Capital Markets Summit 2020 webinar.
Australian dollar issuers back capacity
New issuers and increased funding requirements from established names are testing capacity in the Australian dollar high-grade market. Speakers from across the sector at the KangaNews Debt Capital Market Summit say they are confident that no-one needs to be crowded out – though finding untapped demand will remain a focus point.
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.
No let-up in mutual banks’ search for scale
The KangaNews Mutual Sector Wholesale Funding Seminar took place in Sydney on 29 August at an important juncture for the sector. A wide-reaching change to how smaller banks’ liquidity is regulated has been put on hold but there is keen awareness that there is more to come in this space.
Mutual banks managing sector flux
The pace of change in Australia’s mutual bank sector is already dramatic and may be accelerating further. Speakers at the KangaNews Mutual Sector Wholesale Funding Seminar, which took place in Sydney on 29 August, shared perspectives on how the sector is adapting to these shifting currents and emerging challenges.
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