Corporate Bonds

• John Kavanagh

Australian banks are well ahead of their funding needs, including repayment of their Term Funding Facility borrowings, and have the flexibility to adapt their issuance to market conditions, the Reserv.. read more

• John Kavanagh

The Reserve Bank is confident Australian banks are well placed to continue issuing in volatile global bond markets, given the strength of their balance sheets, and that it will not have to delay repay.. read more

• Banking Day staff

Barry Lewin, the executive chair of loss-making specialist lender QuickFee, will retire next month. read more

• Banking Day staff

The Reserve Bank’s former head of payments policy, Tony Richards, has been appointed chair of the CBDC Steering Committee at the Digital Finance Cooperative Research Centre.  read more

• John Kavanagh

“Strong bouts” of volatility will continue to be a feature of the Australian and international bond markets for the foreseeable future, with the potential for market dislocation, the chief executive o.. read more

• John Kavanagh

Australian corporates are well placed to meet their debt obligations, in the face of rising interest rates and a softer economic outlook, according to new research.  read more

• John Kavanagh

Bond yields will keep rising to 2 per cent and possibly higher this year, Macquarie Securities forecasts. read more

• John Kavanagh

The overhaul that Cashwerkz made to its business last year, with moves into bond brokerage and asset manager incubation, resulted in a cost blowout that has raised a question as to its viability. read more

• John Kavanagh

Cashwerkz has launched a new service offering bonds and other fixed income products to wholesale investors and financial advisers. read more

• John Kavanagh

Financial sector debt market issuance is down in a system awash with liquidity and interest rates headed for zero. read more

• John Kavanagh

The Reserve Bank will purchase Australian government securities in the secondary market today (Wednesday), after reporting that the yield on three-year government bonds has been a little above 25 basi.. read more

• Ian Rogers

The broken state of the bond market was a surprise in Rob Nicholl’s AOFM update for the debt market yesterday. read more

• John Kavanagh

Customer owned banks have some work to do to bring their privacy and data security practices up to the standard required by their industry code. read more

• John Kavanagh

The structure many retail investors use for investment in corporate is flawed and exposes them to high risk, says Fixed income researcher BondAdviser. read more

• Banking Day staff

In its first fortnight of operation, the New Zealand government's Small Business Cash flow Loan Scheme has processed close to a billion dollars in interest-free loans to SMEs. read more

• John Kavanagh

Spreads in global high-yield credit, which were 1000-plus basis points not so long ago, are now averaging 760 bps. read more

• Bernard Kellerman

Bank of Queensland's first issue of AUD covered bonds was 2.9 times over-subscribed by 68 insto investors, with 64 successful. read more

• John Kavanagh

Australian corporate bond spreads have risen by an average of about 40 per cent, or 33 basis points, over the past three weeks, prompting Macquarie Securities to caution that credit markets could be d.. read more

• John Kavanagh

Financial services group Australian Unity has tapped the little-used simple bond market, launching two new series bonds on the Australian Securities Exchange. read more

• Banking Day staff

Teachers Mutual Bank has a new chair. read more