Australian dollar

Lloyds Bank has priced the second largest deal in the Australian dollar market this year, bringing its annual funding in the currency to A$1.1bn. The deal followed a large A$1bn dual-tranche trade from HSBC last week.

Oesterreichische Kontrollbank reopened a Kangaroo line on Monday and found interest from investors that are not often seen in Australian dollar SSA deals.

African Development Bank (AfDB) has reopened a rare long end green Kangaroo bond. Long end Kangaroos are often considered difficult to place as those deals are primarily driven by interest from Japan and are too long for most investors.

African Development Bank (AfDB) has reopened a rare long end green Kangaroo bond. Long end Kangaroos are often considered difficult to place as those deals are primarily driven by interest from Japan and are too long for most investors.

Three European agencies and a Washington supranational tapped 10 year Australian dollar bonds this week, as the demand for long end Kangaroo paper remains healthy.

Municipality Finance issued its first green private placement on Wednesday, coming alongside a drive for more green assets on the lending side.

A pair of public sector borrowers launched trades in the socially responsible investment (SRI) market this week, taking advantage of the dearth of green supply to land prices well inside their conventional curves.

KfW tapped its July 2020 Australian dollar green bond for A$200m ($156.9m) on Wednesday, pricing well inside its existing Kangaroo curve — an illustration of the developing maturity of green markets down under.

Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank issued a A$400m ($315.5m) triple tranche Kangaroo bond last Friday, following a similar deal from Emirates NBD in late September — a promising sign for prospective GCC banks looking to return to the Australian dollar market.

Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank is set to come to market for a potential triple tranche kangaroo bond on Friday, following a deal from Emirates NBD that, according to a banker at one of ADCB’s leads, showed the market was still accessible to Middle Eastern borrowers.

A flurry of large trades from the European Investment Bank (EIB), the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the World Bank helped push overall Kangaroo volume so far this year higher than those seen for the whole of 2016.

Bank of Montreal (BMO) raised A$800m selling Australian dollar bonds for the first time on Wednesday. The rising flows of Asia Pacific investors is making the Australian dollar market a useful source of diversification for financials and corporates alike.