Barclays Australia retires A$497 million of domestic notes

Barclays Bank Australia Branch (Barclays Australia) disclosed on June 16 that it has repurchased more than A$497 million (US$367.4 million) of a possible A$1.3 billion in face value of its April 2019 notes. The buyback offer was aimed at holders of A$600 million of fixed-rate and A$700 million of floating-rate notes, which were originally issued in March 2014 and, according to KangaNews data, were set to mature in April 2019. They originally priced at 105 basis points over swap.