Australia: Has Canberra blown it?

What happens when you get Australian bankers on a beach for a barbecue? Euromoney invited five of Australia's top debt market professionals to Nielsen Park beach to find out. Steven Irvine put some prawns on the barbie.

The participants
Paul Bide, head of debt markets research, Bankers Trust
John Gerli, head of debt capital markets, Salomon Smith Barney
Wayne Hoy, head of capital markets, Commonwealth Bank of Australia
John Keith, head of origination, Nomura
Paul Umbrazunas, director, global markets, Deutsche Bank




Has the ADB damaged the kangaroo bond market?
[An Asian Development Bank (ADB) five-year issue for A$ 1 billion was launched in September 1998 at a spread of 39 basis points over the government bond. It widened by up to 25bp in the aftermarket.

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