Deal and ratings review, week ending August 23 2013

The third full week of August saw a pickup in deal flow on both sides of the Tasman Sea. Improved investor demand saw a number of debut Kangaroo deals - Corporación Andina de Fomento priced the first ever Kangaroo bond by a Latin American issuer and Transpower was the first New Zealand corporate to issue a Kangaroo in over a decade.