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Activity slowed significantly during the week under review with just one Kangaroo – a A$150 million (US$130.3 million) tap to KfW Bankengruppe's 2025 line – and one A$400 million Australian securitisation deal priced by Pepper Australia.
Australian public domestic deal activity
| Pricing date | Issuer | Rating | Maturity | Cpn. | Margin (bp) | Vol. (A$m) | Lead(s) |
| 1 Oct 14 | KfW Bankengruppe | AAA/ Aaa/ AAA | 27 Feb 25 | 4.00% | 54.5bp/ ACGB | 150 | Citi, TD |
Public securitisation deal activity
| Pricing date | Deal name | Sponsor | Type | Vol. (A$m) | Lead(s) |
| 3 Oct 14 | Pepper Residential Securities Trust No.13 | Pepper Australia | RMBS | 400 | CB, NAB |
New Zealand public domestic deal activity
No new deals.
AOFM tenders completed and forthcoming
| Date | Type | Maturity | Coupon (%) | Volume offered (A$m) | Public allocation (A$m) | Weighted average yield (%) | Cover ratio |
| 1 Oct 14 | T-bond | 21 Apr 23 | 5.50 | 700 | 700 | 3.3933 | 3.621 |
| 3 Oct 14 | T-bond | 15 Mar 19 | 5.25 | 500 | 500 | 2.8706 | 6.020 |
| 8 Oct 14 | T-bond | 21 Apr 26 | 4.25 | 700 | |||
| 10 Oct 14 | T-bond | 21 Oct 18 | 3.25 | 500 |
Ratings actions
| Date | Issuer | Agency | Old rating | New rating | Change |
| 29 Sep 14 | Bank of India (New Zealand) | S&P | BBB- | BBB- | Outlook revised to stable following outlook revision on parent. |
| 30 Sep 14 | Alinta Energy | S&P | B+ | BB- | Rating raised on improvment of the company's financial risk profile. Outlook stable. |
| 2 Oct 14 | Nine Entertainment | Moody's | Ba2 | NR | Rating withdrawn for business reasons. |
| 3 Oct 14 | Atlas Iron | S&P | B+ | B | Rating lowered on prospect of weak cash flows. Outlook stable. |
| 3 Oct 14 | BHP Billiton | S&P | A+ | A+ | Rating and stable outlook unaffected by revised iron-ore price assumption. |
| 3 Oct 14 | Fortescue Metals Group | S&P | BB+ | BB+ | Rating and stable outlook unaffected by revised iron-ore price assumption. |
Structured finance rating actions
| Date | Issuer | Sponsor | Agency | Notes | Old rating | New rating | Change |
| 29 Sep 14 | SBS Oreti Trust No.2 RMBS | S&P | Class 1 | AAA | AAA | Rating affirmed. | |
| 30 Sep 14 | Resimac Versailles Trust Series 2014-1 | Resimac | S&P | A1 | NR | AAA | Rating assigned. |
| A2 | NR | AAA | Rating assigned. | ||||
| B | NR | AA | Rating assigned. | ||||
| C | NR | A | Rating assigned. | ||||
| D | NR | BBB | Rating assigned. | ||||
| E | NR | BB | Rating assigned. | ||||
| 1 Oct 14 | Pepper Residential Securities Trust No.13 RMBS | Pepper Australia | S&P | A-1 | NR | AAA | Preliminary rating assigned. |
| A-2 | NR | AAA | Preliminary rating assigned. | ||||
| B | NR | AA | Preliminary rating assigned. | ||||
| C | NR | A | Preliminary rating assigned. | ||||
| D | NR | BBB | Preliminary rating assigned. | ||||
| E | NR | BB | Preliminary rating assigned. | ||||
| F | NR | B | Preliminary rating assigned. | ||||
| 1 Oct 14 | Pepper Residential Securities Trust No.13 RMBS | Pepper Australia | Moody's | A-1 | NR | Aaa | Preliminary rating assigned. |
| A-2 | NR | Aaa | Preliminary rating assigned. | ||||
| 3 Oct 14 | Illawarra Series IS Trust | IMB Limited | Fitch | A | AAA | AAA | Rating and stable outlook affirmed. |
| 3 Oct 14 | Pepper Residential Securities Trust No.9, No.10 & No.11 | Pepper Australia | Fitch | ALL | Various | Various | Ratings and stable outlook affirmed. |
| 3 Oct 14 | Pepper Prime 2012-1 & 2013-1 | Pepper Australia | Fitch | ALL | Various | Various | Ratings and stable outlooks affirmed. |