Worley revived a deal process it initiated in 2022 to debut in the Australian dollar market with a sustainability-linked bond. Issuer and leads say the transaction – which attracted a primarily domestic investor base – demonstrates the underlying robustness of risk appetite in the local credit market, while also allowing the issuer to enhance its own sustainability targets.
The highlight of the shortened Australasian capital markets week before the Easter long weekend was an inaugural Australian dollar trade from Worley Financial Services. Elsewhere, the securitisation market demonstrated that it is still willing to support new public issuers as Angle Auto Finance priced A$900 million in a debut auto asset-backed securities transaction.