Bendigo and Adelaide Bank (BEN) (A-/A2/A-) priced its second senior-unsecured benchmark of the year on September 10. The bank sold A$750 million (US$702.7 million) of August 2016 notes in May, and also this year – in January – completed a A$300 million transaction in the tier-two market for Australia's first wholesale issue of these securities under Basel III rules.