BoS Australia's domestic issuance in 2009 totals A$4bn with latest deal

On October 8 Bank of Scotland Australia Branch (BoS Australia) (A+/Aa3) priced a new Australian government-guaranteed line in the domestic market. The January 13 2011 deal led by J.P. Morgan and Westpac Institutional bank totals A$1.25 billion (US$1.13 billion) and is the third transaction priced by the bank in the Australian market this year, bringing the total volume in 2009 from the issuer in this market to A$4 billion.