UDC Finance, New Zealand’s largest nonbank lender, completed a record-sized deal with the pricing of a NZ$400 million (US$280 million) auto asset-backed securities transaction on 23 September. Evolving momentum in New Zealand securitisation has changed the issuer’s thinking on likely need to tap foreign-currency markets for wholesale funding.
Deal flow slowed in the week ending 24 September. There were highlights in securitisation markets, however, with UDC Finance executing its debut asset-backed deal in New Zealand and Westpac Banking Corporation's funding-only, residential mortgage-backed transaction in Australia - a major bank drought-breaker.