(25 January 2005 – Australia) Commonwealth Bank has completed its seventh global issuance of A$4.16 billion mortgaged backed securities through its Medallion Trust Mortgaged Backed Securities (MBS) program.The assets consist of fixed and variable rate mortgage loans that were originated from CBA’s home loan portfolio and from its wholly owned subsidiary Homepath Pty Ltd.
The deal brings the total issuance to date under the Medallion global program to almost A$19.3 billion.
CBA group treasurer Marten Touw said the deal received a very strong response from both offshore and domestic investors.
He said these included Asian investors who recognised the quality of the Medallion program.
The transaction was joint-lead managed by CBA, Deutsche Bank Securities, Credit Suisse First Boston and Barclays Capital.
The deal has been structured to include issuance of securities in three currencies, including US$1,500 million of Class A-1; A$850 million of Class A-2; and 750 million euro of Class A-3 securities.