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Australian Fixed-Income Newsletter: Beyond The Curve Sep 07
Standard & Poors, Sep 2007
Abstract
Wesfarmers Ltd., Coles Group Ltd., Tabcorp Holdings Ltd., Leighton Holdings Ltd., Amcor Ltd., MARAC Finance Ltd. Schooner Capital Pty Ltd., George Street Finance Pty Ltd., Auckland City Council, State of Victoria, Australia Capital Territory, SABRE New Zealand Ltd., Origin Energy Contact Finance No. 2, Castle Finance 1 Ltd. Series 3 Notes, State of Western Australia After a very quiet August from a new issuance standpoint, the first week of September followed suit in Australia and New Zealand with another week of subdued market activity. Aside from interest in the kauri market among a small group of 'AAA' issuers, there were little goings-on. Markets remained preoccupied with credit and liquidity concerns, as reflected in the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) announcements...
Companies mentioned in this report are: EUROFIMA European Company for the Financing of Railroad Rolling Stock,European Investment Bank,National Australia Bank Ltd.,Nordic Investment Bank,Commonwealth Bank of Australia,KfW,Coles Group Ltd.,Queensland Treasury Corp.,Amcor Ltd.,Leighton Holdings Ltd.,Suncorp-Metway Ltd.,St.George Bank Ltd.,Wesfarmers Ltd.,Origin Energy Ltd.,George Street Finance Pty Ltd.,MARAC Finance Ltd.,Origin Energy Contact Finance No.2 Limited,Nexus Australia Management Pty Ltd.
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Research Type: Commentary
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