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Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 APR 2004
... price of base metals, strong economic growth and Australia's relatively high interest rates - the highest of any nation rated AAA by both Moody's Investor Service and Standard & Poor's, were also supportive for the nation's currency. "The ECB's decision ...

Firstmac bond series 1 prices $500 million MBS issue

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAR 2004
... million class B notes with a WAL of 4.67 years wasn't disclosed. The A1, A2-1 and A2-2 floating rate notes were all rated AAA by both Standard & Poor's and Fitch. The class B floating rate notes were rated A minus/AA by S&P and Fitch.

S&P assigns preliminary ratings to Compass RMBS issues

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2004
... and 15th issues of Australian RMBS, both consist of two tranches. In each series, Class A has a worth of $125 million and a AAA rating, while Class B has a worth of $5 million and an A rating, S&P said.

First Mortgage launches mortgage securitisation program

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2004
... Banking Group is co-manager of the deal which is in three tranches. The issues consists of $180 million of Class A1 bonds, rated AAA by both Standard & Poor's (S&P) and Fitch ratings agencies and with a weighted average life of 1.2 years. The second ...

Rentenbank launches A$400 million June 2011 bond issue

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2004
... beginning of this month selling an additional $200 million of its existing September 2009 Kangaroo bond. Rentenbank, rated Aaa/AAA/AAA, was established to promote German agriculture and rural areas through its role as the country's central lending ag ...

Commonwealth Bank launches eight RMBS issue

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2004
... $A500 million in Class A2, 500 million euro in Class A3 and $A53 million in Class B notes. The three A class tranches all take AAA preliminary ratings from Standard & Poor's, while the B class tranche takes a AA rating. The Commonwealth Bank said the ...

Adelaide Bank launches $800 million local securitisation program

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAR 2004
... $480 million in class A-1 fixed rate notes (FRN) with an expected three-year maturity, a semi-annual coupon, and a rating of AAA by S&P and Fitch Ratings and Aaa by Moody's. The bond issue also includes $296.8 million in class A-2 FRN, with an expected ...

St George announces Crusade Trust No. 1 program

... A$500 million and subordinated tranches of approximately A$32.3 million. It is expected that the senior tranches will be rated AAA by Standard and Poor's and Aaa by Moodys Investors Service. The USD issue will be Lead Managed by Credit Suisse First Boston ...

S&P maintains top investment rating on Australian economy

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2004
... Australia and Singapore are the highest ranked out of 18 countries S&P rates in the Asia Pacific and Australia was upgraded to AAA last February. Overall, the agency expects more positive ratings stories to emerge from the region in 2004 given the relatively ...

EIB to sell $500 million kangaroo bonds

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2004
... be priced at 1500 AEDT. It is the EIB's second sale of Australian dollar bonds in the Australian market. The EIB is rated AAA and Aaa respectively by Standard & Poor's and Moody's.