Thursday, May 24, 2007

Westpac Bank Increases Size of Mortgage-Backed Bond Sale to A$7 Billion

(Bloomberg) -- Westpac Banking Corp., Australia's
fourth largest lender, sold A$7 billion ($5.7 billion) of
mortgage-backed bonds, 20 percent more than initially offered.

Westpac, initially planning to raise A$5.1 billion, sold
A$1.25 billion of AAA rated bonds at about 13 basis points more
than the bank bill swap rate and A$120 million of AA rated bonds
at between 18-19 points more than swap.


Read more at Bloomberg Bonds News

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