SUMMARY COMMENTARY


KEY FIGURES

Securitisers, Australia - Assets and Liabilities(a)
			Sep Qtr 2017	Dec Qtr 2017	Sep Qtr 2017 to Dec Qtr 2017
			$m	$m	%
Total assets at end of qtr			125 160	132 491	5.9
of which
	Mortgages
		Residential	99 756	105 778	6.0
		Non-residential	np	1 706	np
Total liabilities at end of qtr			125 160	132 491	5.9
of which
	Asset backed Securities
		Issued domestically	111 530	119 033	6.7
		Issued off shore	3 355	3 410	1.6
np not available for publication but included in totals where applicable, unless otherwise indicated (a) See paragraph 7 of the Explanatory Notes for details of the coverage of these statistics.

Assets of Securitisers

At 31 December 2017, total assets of Australian securitisers were $132.5b, up $7.3b (5.9%) on 30 September 2017.

During the December quarter 2017, the rise in total assets was primarily due to an increase in residential mortgage assets (up $6.0b, 6.0%) and by an increase in other loans assets (up $0.9b, 6.1%).

Liabilities of Securitisers

At 31 December 2017, total liabilities of Australian securitisers were $132.5b, up $7.3b (5.9%) on 30 September 2017. The increase in total liabilities was primarily due to an increase in long term asset backed securities issued in Australia (up $8.6b, 8.0%). This was offset by a notable decrease in short term asset backed securities issued in Australia (down $1.1b, 22.8%), and loans and placements (down $0.3b, 4.1%).




At 31 December 2017, asset backed securities issued in Australia as a proportion of total liabilities increased to 89.8%, up 0.7 percentage points on the September quarter 2017 proportion of 89.1%. Asset backed securities issued overseas as a proportion of total liabilities decreased to 2.6%, down 0.1 percentage points on the September quarter 2017 proportion of 2.7%.

NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE (QUARTER)	Release Date
March 2018	7 June 2018
June 2018	6 September 2018
September 2018	29 November 2018
December 2018	7 March 2019

REVISIONS

In this issue, revisions have been made to the original series as a result of improved survey data and coverage improvements. These revisions have impacted assets and liabilities back to and including December 2016.


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