Holcim Finance (Australia) launches three-year corporate bond

After last week's flurry of activity in the domestic corporate bond market, when A$640 million (US$530 million) of bonds was priced by three Australian companies, on Friday July 31 Holcim Finance (Australia) (BBB/Ba2/BBB) launched a three-year fixed and floating rate deal which will be priced on Tuesday August 4 - three days before the company's only outstanding domestic bonds mature.