IFC back in Australasia with Kauri pricing and more Kangaroo capacity [UPDATED]

Following a near four-month absence from Australian and New Zealand markets, on March 9 International Finance Corporation (IFC) (AAA/Aaa) added the pricing of a new five-year Kauri transaction to the A$1.1 billion (US$1 billion) new 2015 maturity Kangaroo it priced on March 3. The Kauri deal was for NZ$275 million (US$193.44 million) of March 2015 paper, and sold at a margin of 35 basis points to five-year government bonds or around 22 basis points over swap.