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• Capacity and cuts top the talking points in New Zealand

  In June, KangaNews and Westpac gathered issuers from across the New Zealand high-grade landscape in Wellington to discuss domestic market conditions and global demand. While near-term attention remains focused on monetary policy, there is an underlying sense that supply patterns are fundamentally changing the shape of the New Zealand dollar market.

• Demand supports growing issuance from Australian sovereign sector issuers

  In July, KangaNews and Westpac Institutional Bank gathered Australia’s biggest sovereign and semi-government issuers to discuss their funding needs and strategies. Semi-government spreads have risen and funding tasks remain high, but issuers have plenty of options.

• High-grade issuer profiles and perspectives 2024

  Key data and information on 14 high-grade borrowers active in Australia and New Zealand, including programme information, funding strategy, debt data and issuer insights. 

• Rates investors back Australian high grade

  Rates investors are keen to pick up Australian high-grade paper at a time when elevated borrowing in the semi-government sector and the prospect of higher rates have pushed spreads out to attractive levels. In some cases, investors are rotating out of similarly rated credits and into higher yielding Australian semi-government names.