NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE (QUARTER)	Release Date
September 2007	23 November 2007
December 2007	22 February 2008

REVISIONS IN THIS ISSUE

The correction of data previously provided to the ABS and the incorporation of final survey data has resulted in revisions to estimates from December quarter 2006, across most items.

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SUMMARY COMMENTARY


KEY FIGURES

Securitisers, Australia - Assets and Liabilities
			Mar Qtr 2007	Jun Qtr 2007	% change Mar Qtr 2007 to Jun Qtr 2007
			$m	$m	%
Total assets at end of qtr			246 222	276 077	12.1
of which
	Mortgages
		Residential	179 464	203 650	13.5
		Non-residential	12 455	13 299	6.8
Total liabilities at end of qtr			246 222	276 077	12.1
of which
	Asset backed Securities
		Issued domestically	128 491	150 143	16.9
		Issued off shore	89 313	98 887	10.7

Assets of Securitisers

At the end of the June quarter 2007, total assets of Australian Securitisers were $276.1b, up $29.9b (12.1%) on the March quarter 2007 total.

Mortgage assets, which accounted for 78.6% of total assets, were $216.9b at 30 June 2007, an increase of $25.0b (13.0%) during the quarter.

During the June quarter 2007, Residential mortgages increased by $24.2b (13.5%) and Other loans increased $3.4b (23.8%).

Liabilities of Securitisers

The increase of $29.9b in total liabilities during the June quarter 2007 was due to onshore issuance of long term asset backed securities (up $18.2b, 17.0%)

Asset backed securities issued offshore fell to 35.8% of total liabilities in the June quarter 2007, down 0.5 percentage points on March quarter 2007.

Asset backed securities issued domestically increased to 54.4% of total liabilities, up 2.2 percentage points on March quarter 2007.