5232.0.55.001 - Assets and Liabilities of Australian Securitisers, Dec 2013  
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NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE (QUARTER) Release Date
March 2014 22 May 2014
June 2014 22 August 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 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)

Sep Qtr 2013
Dec Qtr 2013
Sep Qtr 2013 to Dec Qtr 2013
$m
$m
%

Total assets at end of qtr
124 616
128 583
3.2
of which
Mortgages
Residential
102 013
103 826
1.8
Non-residential
2 040
2 013
-1.3
Total liabilities at end of qtr
124 616
128 583
3.2
of which
Asset backed Securities
Issued domestically
96 067
98 819
2.9
Issued off shore
14 179
13 967
-1.5

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



Assets of Securitisers

As at 31 December 2013, total assets of Australian securitisers were $128.6b, up $4.0b (3.2%) on 30 September 2013.

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


During the December quarter 2013, the rise in total assets was due to increases in residential mortgage loans (up $1.8b, 1.8%), other loans (up $1.0b, 7.5%) and cash and deposits (up $0.5b, 12.4%).

Residential and non-residential mortgage assets, which accounted for 82.3% of total assets, were $105.8b as at 31 December 2013, an increase of $1.8b (1.7%) during the quarter.

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



Liabilities of Securitisers

As at 31 December 2013, total liabilities of Australian securitisers were $128.6b, up $4.0b (3.2%) on 30 September 2013. The rise in total liabilities was due to increases in long term asset backed securities issued in Australia (up $3.3b, 3.6%) and loans and placements (up $1.1b, 8.6%). These were partially offset by a decrease in short-term asset backed securities issued in Australia (down $0.5b, 9.6%).

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


As at 31 December 2013, asset backed securities issued overseas as a proportion of total liabilities decreased to 10.9%, down 0.5 percentage points on the September quarter 2013 percentage of 11.4%. Asset backed securities issued domestically as a proportion of total liabilities declined to 76.9%, down 0.2% percentage points on the September quarter 2013 percentage of 77.1%.

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