With the successful closure of the second major bank Tier 1 hybrid book build of 2016, now is a good time revisit why these securities are issued and look at how these securities dominate the overall ASX listed interest rate securities universe. Generally speaking, the banks, insurance and diversified financial sector issue these securities to satisfy regulatory capital requirements (Figure [...]
In Australia, financial institutions continually use debt capital markets as source of funding. But what about other companies? The majority of ASX200 non-financial groups tend to issue overseas in larger markets such as the UK, the Eurozone, Singapore and the US. From our findings, we discovered on average 44% of borrowings for ASX200 companies that have marketable debt in Australia [...]
The remarkable turnaround in performance of major bank hybrids (also known as Tier 1 securities) continued last week post the Westpac Capital Notes 4 book-build. One market participant declaring “this is the heaviest demand for a hybrid I have seen in 3 years here”. Whilst the first hybrid issue of 2016 (issued February) proved to be the catalyst for [...]
On the 17th of May 2016 Westpac Banking Corporation (WBC) announced a new transaction, Westpac Capital Notes 4 (Prospective ASX Code: WBCPG). The purpose of this transaction is to provide Regulatory Capital for the group but more specifically it will be treated as additional Tier 1 capital for regulatory purposes. The indicative size of the offer is $750 million but [...]
With the AFR’s Street Talk yesterday reporting that Westpac Banking Corporation is on the verge of announcing the second new Tier 1 Hybrid issue of 2016, presumably to replace the $762.7 million Westpac Trust Preferred Security (TPS) (ASX Code: WCTPA), this is an opportune time to revisit how this segment of the ASX-listed hybrid universe has fared since the first [...]
In light of the new Peet Bond issue announced last week, we thought it would be an opportunity to discuss what are ‘Simple Corporate Bonds’ (SCB). In 2014 in Australian Parliament passed the Corporations Amendment (Simple Corporate Bonds and Other Measures) Act. This amendment aimed to make it easier for both companies seeking finance and retail investors to access the [...]
On Friday the 6th July 2016 Macquarie Group Ltd (MQG) reported a statutory net profit after tax of $2.06 billion for the full year (FY16). This result was slightly ahead of market consensus and up 29% since FY15. Macquarie Group Limited (MQG) is a unique issuer in the domestic landscape and is self-regulated in its own unique manner. From a [...]
National Australia Bank reported a headline statutory loss of $1.4 billion primarily due to the UK Clydesdale Bank (CYBG) demerger. Cash earnings were $3.3 billion, up 6.5% compared to the prior corresponding period. Excluding one-offs totalling $5 billion, the statutory net profit was $3.3 billion. We are comfortable with the current CEO’s (Andrew Thornburn) strategy of shifting towards a capital [...]
ANZ reported statutory net profit of $2.7 billion (cash profit of $2.8 billion) for the first half 2016 down 22% & 24% respectively over a 12 month period. This result was below market consensus and we expect operating conditions to remain difficult over the second half. For more information see our security recommendations below. ANZ Capital Notes (ASX: ANZPD). Click [...]
In its third quarter update, Goodman Group reaffirmed its full year guidance. During the quarter, Goodman successfully attained 100% ownership of the operating platform in Brazel from WTorre. Despite recent headwinds, the group remains committed to Brazil as management believe that the warehouse market is oversupplied and middle class population growth remains strong. Goodman experienced growth in external asset [...]
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