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Future Fund targets credit assets

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2009
... that needed capital and were prepared to provide very high spreads so we invested in local residential mortgage backed securities, the big four banks and high quality global banks," he said. "We found we could get very attractive returns on credit, which ...

ASF appoints chair

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2009
... with the Australian Office of Financial Management's market intervention by purchasing residential mortgage backed securities (RMBS). Fuller said the ASF wants to ramp up its engagement with members, industry and policy makers to pave the way for securitisation ...

Super funds to resurrect ailing RMBS

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 21 APR 2008
Investor interest in Australian residential mortgage backed securities (RMBS) has dropped from $45 billion last year to virtually zero early this year - but a model overhaul and cash injection from super funds could pull the sector out of the doldrums. ...

Diversification under the microscope

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2007
... he suggested investors spread their investments across a range of securities including residential mortgage backed securities, commercial mortgage backed securities, government and corporate bonds. He reinforced his argument using the barbell risk and ...

Economic round-up: Mortgage meltdown misery

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2007
... 'enough', although many believe their reaction is late in coming. Moody's have downgraded 399 residential mortgage backed securities and placed a further 32 on notice. Standard and Poor's have flagged a probable downgrade of up to $US12 billion sub-prime ...

Suncorp prices $700 million Apollo series 2004-2 RMBS issue

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2004
A $700 million Apollo Series 2004-2 Residential Mortgage Backed Securities (RMBS) issue for Suncorp-Metway has priced in the Australian bond market. The issue marks the seventh transaction from the Apollo program, achieving a weighted average margin ...

NAB to roadshow residential mortgage backed securities issue

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 SEP 2004
National Australia Bank (NAB) on Friday said it would commence a roadshow for a residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) issue this week. The bank said the National RMBS Trust 2004-1 issue would be its second residential mortgage-backed securities ...

S&P assigns preliminary ratings to Compass RMBS issues

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2004
... Poor's Ratings Services has assigned its preliminary ratings to two issues of Australian residential mortgage backed securities (RMBS) by Compass Master Trust. S&P said each transaction would consist of two classes of floating-rate notes backed by prime ...

Commonwealth Bank launches eight RMBS issue

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2004
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has launched its eighth residential mortgage backed securities (RMBS) issue into the domestic and global markets in a deal with a mix of three currencies and a total value of $3.5 billion. The transaction consists ...

S&P assigns preliminary ratings to Interstellar RMBS program

... assigned its preliminary ratings to the fifth issue this year under the Interstar Millennium residential mortgage backed securities (RMBS) program. Interstar Millennium Series 2003-5G Trust will issue three tranches of floating-rate notes backed by residential ...