Issuing debt securities

Austraclear offers debt issuers a full range of registry, issuing and paying agency services.

Manage securities from origination to maturity

Our infrastructure helps issuers easily and seamlessly manage securities from origination to maturity, backed by one of the most robust financial systems in Australia.

Austraclear’s integrated service for the registration, issuing, lodgement, trade settlement, coupon and redemption distribution for all $A debt products makes issuing notes and securities easy. Backed by ASX’s state-of-the-art market infrastructure, it provides an efficient way to issue and manage debt securities.

Why Choose Austraclear

Registry

The Austraclear registry enables efficient and expedient establishment of new $A debt issues and seamless fulfilment of all corporate actions. We can handle issuance, register maintenance, hold issue documentation, provide certificates (if required), make the register available for inspection and provide third parties with copies of issue documentation.

Acceptable securities

Austraclear provides registry services for a wide range of securities, including:

Registered Short Term Notes (STNs)
Fixed Income securities both fixed and Floating Rate Interest
Mortgage Backed Securities
Asset Backed Securities
Other corporate bonds
CPI linked bonds
Commonwealth Government Securities
Semi-Government Securities
CDOs

Issuing and payment

Austraclear can also act as the Issuing and Paying Agent (IPA), managing the issuance and lifecycle process on behalf of the issuer. These services also provide all of the usual benefits of the Austraclear system, such as real-time Delivery versus Payment (DvP) settlement and Straight Through Processing (STP).

Issuing and payment services include:

setting up new securities
depositing new securities into Austraclear
transferring new securities to the initial purchasers
facilitating the early redemption or withdrawal of securities
providing record date reports for each interest payment date and maturity date
paying maturity proceeds, interest and other amounts in respect of securities in accordance with issuer instructions.

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Eligibility

Issuers are not required to be Austraclear Participants, but lodgement in the system must be carried out by an Austraclear Participant. Investors in the issue must be Austraclear Participants.

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