Deal activity in Australasian markets picked up in the first full week of the new financial year. Banco Santander priced a senior-preferred Kangaroo, Metro Finance issued an Australian dollar asset-backed securities transaction and Kiwi Property printed a senior-secured green bond.
Westpac New Zealand returned to the euro market on 6 July, in its first offshore senior-unsecured issuance foray since the onset of COVID-19. The borrower says it saw a window of opportunity due to undersupply in the euro market at the same time as a tailwind from recent news confirming the bank’s future ownership.