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The Australian dollar bond market’s growth has propelled it to be the third most important funding currency for some international bond issuers. Its ability to offer investor diversification and arbitrage funding is attracting an increasing number of issuers from spread-conscious SSAs to banks and companies seeking strategic capital, write Sarah Ainsworth and Atanas Dinov

Three new banks join facility, one drops out

First new listing on Kuwaiti exchange for over a year was five times oversubscribed

German issuer expected to seize 2026's first window for fourth year in a row

Year ahead "well poised" for deal-driven activity

Implementation could push covered spreads closer to govvies and SSAs

Big US data dump and three central bank monetary meetings set for this week

M&A and AI funding fuel expectations of more jumbo prints next year

Interest in the product rises in the Middle East

◆ Simplification plans boggle banking boffins ◆ Hungry, hungry hyperscalers to push utilities into bond market ◆ A loan in the sand: private credit jostles for place in Middle East debt markets

Finnish bank hires former Nordea banker

Volumes rose 6% year on year