Results of RBA's purchase of semis; yields dn vs last week
By Sophia Rodrigues
Published On 31 Mar 2020 , 04:31 PMThe Reserve bank today purchased the following semi-government bonds for a total of A$3 billion. Many of these bonds were bought last week and in all these cases, the cut-off yield was lower than last week.
| Issuer | Coupon % |
Maturity mm/yy |
Amount purchased (face value) $m |
Weighted average yield % |
Cut-off yield % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NSWT | 3.00 | 05/27 | 367 | 1.1547 | 1.1200 |
| NSWT | 3.00 | 03/28 | 82 | 1.2666 | 1.2450 |
| NSWT | 3.00 | 04/29 | 294 | 1.3769 | 1.3500 |
| NSWT | 3.00 | 02/30 | 153 | 1.4612 | 1.4275 |
| NSWT | 6.00 | 05/30 | 5 | 1.4050 | 1.4050 |
| TCV | 3.00 | 10/28 | 126 | 1.2836 | 1.2700 |
| TCV | 2.50 | 10/29 | 101 | 1.3925 | 1.3675 |
| TCV | 1.50 | 11/30 | 216 | 1.5275 | 1.5100 |
| TCV | 4.75 | 11/30 | 6 | 1.5300 | 1.5300 |
| QTC | 2.75 | 08/27 | 70 | 1.1793 | 1.1750 |
| QTC | 3.25 | 07/28 | 115 | 1.2730 | 1.2700 |
| QTC | 3.25 | 08/29 | 307 | 1.4032 | 1.3900 |
| QTC | 3.50 | 08/30 | 404 | 1.4972 | 1.4825 |
| WATC | 3.00 | 10/27 | 167 | 1.1751 | 1.1700 |
| WATC | 3.25 | 07/28 | 179 | 1.2763 | 1.2600 |
| WATC | 2.75 | 07/29 | 108 | 1.3897 | 1.3750 |
| ACT | 2.25 | 05/29 | 40 | 1.4319 | 1.4300 |
| NTTC | 2.75 | 04/27 | 15 | 1.3667 | 1.3600 |
| NTTC | 3.50 | 04/28 | 30 | 1.5000 | 1.5000 |
| SAFA | 3.00 | 09/27 | 35 | 1.2000 | 1.1900 |
| SAFA | 3.00 | 05/28 | 102 | 1.3060 | 1.3000 |
| SAFA | 2.75 | 05/30 | 58 | 1.5262 | 1.5200 |
| TASC | 2.00 | 01/30 | 20 | 1.6050 | 1.6000 |
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