Westpac tops Australian first half league table, ANZ leads in New Zealand

The A$800 million (US$672.24 million) self-led deal priced on June 28 propelled Westpac Institutional Bank (Westpac) to the top of KangaNews's first half lead-manager league tables for all Australian dollar vanilla bond issuance. Westpac led A$9.49 billion of bond transactions in the first six months of the year; when self-led deals are excluded, ANZ's A$6.9 billion takes top spot.