5232.0.55.001 - Assets and Liabilities of Australian Securitisers, Mar 2014  
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NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE (QUARTER) Release Date
June 2014 22 August 2014
September 2014 21 November 2014



REVISIONS

In this issue revisions have been made to the original series as a result of improved reporting of survey data. These revisions have impacted on the assets and liabilities for December 2013 and September 2013.


INQUIRIES

For further information about these and related statistics, contact the National Information and Referral Service on 1300 135 070 or Michelene Bruce on Sydney (02) 9268 4436.


SUMMARY COMMENTARY


KEY FIGURES

Securitisers, Australia - Assets and Liabilities(a)

Dec Qtr 2013
Mar Qtr 2014
Dec Qtr 2013 to Mar Qtr 2014
$m
$m
%

Total assets at end of qtr
128 748
127 494
-1.0
of which
Mortgages
Residential
103 940
103 197
-0.7
Non-residential
2 047
1 994
-2.6
Total liabilities at end of qtr
128 748
127 494
-1.0
of which
Asset backed Securities
Issued domestically
99 098
98 749
-0.4
Issued off shore
13 967
12 746
-8.7

(a) See paragraph 7 of the Explanatory Notes for details of the coverage of these statistics.



Assets of Securitisers

As at 31 March 2014, total assets of Australian securitisers were $127.5b, down $1.3b (1.0%) on 31 December 2013.

PERCENTAGE CHANGE IN TOTAL ASSETS, from previous quarter
Graph: Percentage Change In Total Assets, from previous quarter


During the March quarter 2014, the fall in total assets was due to decreases in residential mortgage loans (down $0.7b, 0.7%), other loans (down $0.5b, 3.6%) and other assets (down $0.1b, 9.7%).

Residential and non-residential mortgage assets, which accounted for 82.5% of total assets, were $105.2b as at 31 March 2014, a decrease of $0.8b (0.8%) during the quarter.

NET ACQUISITION OF MORTGAGES DURING QUARTER
Graph: NET ACQUISITION OF MORTGAGES DURING QUARTER



Liabilities of Securitisers

As at 31 March 2014, total liabilities of Australian securitisers were $127.5b, down $1.3b (1.0%) on 31 December 2013. The fall in total liabilities was due to decreases in asset backed securities, issued overseas (down $1.2b, 8.7%), and short term asset-backed securities issued in Australia (down $0.5b, 10.0%).

CHANGE IN LEVEL OF ASSET BACKED SECURITIES, from previous quarter
Graph: CHANGE IN LEVEL OF ASSET BACKED SECURITIES, from previous quarter


As at 31 March 2014, asset backed securities issued overseas as a proportion of total liabilities decreased to 10.0%, down 0.8 percentage points on the December quarter 2013 percentage of 10.8%. Asset backed securities issued domestically as a proportion of total liabilities increased to 77.5%, up 0.5% percentage points on the December quarter 2013 percentage of 77.0%.

ASSET BACKED SECURITIES, (percentage of total liabilities)
Graph: ASSET BACKED SECURITIES, (percentage of total liabilities)