Westpac Plans To Reopen RMBS

Westpac Banking Corp is planning to sell the first Australian residential mortgage backed securitisation market of the year, after approaching investors with a A$435m deal on Tuesday.

Westpac Banking Corp is planning to sell the first Australian residential mortgage backed securitisation market of the year, after approaching investors with a A$435m ($436m) deal on Tuesday.

Australian issuers have stayed away from the RMBS market this year, after taking care of urgent funding needs at the end of 2010. The market has been slow to pick up, due in part to the reluctance of bankers to...

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