Australia

National Australia Bank (NAB) priced a seven year Swiss franc note this week, making it the first international issuer in the currency for 2016.

Two senior bankers from Royal Bank of Scotland’s defunct Asian loans division have moved to Banco Santander.

The World Bank printed a five year Kangaroo note on Wednesday to kick off the Australian dollar market for the year, which could be set for a bumper couple of months.

Macquarie Securitisation Limited has mandated Macquarie Bank to arrange a new Australian RMBS deal from its Puma shelf, which could hit the market early in 2016.

Australia and New Zealand Bank has given its deputy chief executive, Graham Hodges, the additional role of acting chief financial officer.

Westpac was set to print its second foreign currency deal in as many days on Tuesday, but some bankers said the borrower ran into difficulties in euros.

Simon Cox is joining Credit Suisse as managing director and co-head of equity capital markets for Australia, leaving UBS where he worked since 2008.

CYBG may be an ugly name, but it is going to become a familiar one. The Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank Group will price its IPO on February 2 next year, and begin trading on the London Stock Exchange the same day.

Ford Motor Credit (FMC) made a rare appearance in the Australian dollar market on Thursday with a three year bond, as borrowers more familiar with the market hope for a stunning run of primary activity next year. Luka Dimitrov reports.

The Australian dollar market, a popular funding pool for SSAs, will require a pragmatic approach in terms of price expectations next year, said senior SSA bankers.

Australian covered bonds, which offer among the widest spreads for the high credit quality, have been better bid in the secondary market over the past two weeks, but on Wednesday buying interest was reported further out along the curve. The news comes after Fitch and Moody’s published relatively upbeat assessments of the Australian and New Zealand covered bond markets.

Doosan Power Systems (DPS) and the Sydney branch of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China started attracting interest from bond investors on November 30, opening books for their respective dollar deals.