SUMMARY COMMENTARY


KEY FIGURES

Securitisers, Australia - Assets and Liabilities(a)
			Mar Qtr 2016	Jun Qtr 2016	Mar Qtr 2016 to Jun Qtr 2016
			$m	$m	%
Total assets at end of qtr			136 140	138 730	1.9
of which
	Mortgages
		Residential	112 694	114 096	1.2
		Non-residential	1 824	1 790	-1.9
Total liabilities at end of qtr			136 140	138 730	1.9
of which
	Asset backed Securities
		Issued domestically	105 262	106 047	0.7
		Issued off shore	6 066	6 323	4.2
(a) See paragraph 7 of the Explanatory Notes for details of the coverage of these statistics.

Assets of Securitisers

At 30 June 2016, total assets of Australian securitisers were $138.7b, up $2.6b (1.9%) on 31 March 2016.

During the June quarter 2016, the increase in total assets was due to an increase in residential mortgage assets (up $1.4b, 1.2%), other loans (up $0.8b, 5.4%) and; cash and deposits (up $0.2b, 4.5%).

Liabilities of Securitisers

At 30 June 2016, total liabilities of Australian securitisers were $138.7b, up $2.6b (1.9%) on 31 March 2016. The increase in total liabilities was due to an increase in loan and placements (up $1.7b, 7.1%), long term asset backed securities issued in Australia (up $1.1b, 1.1%), and asset backed securities issued overseas (up $0.3b, 4.2%).


CHANGE IN LEVEL OF ASSET BACKED SECURITIES, from previous quarter


At 30 June 2016, asset backed securities issued overseas as a proportion of total liabilities increased to 4.6%, up 0.1% on the March quarter 2016 proportion of 4.5%. Asset backed securities issued in Australia as a proportion of total liabilities decreased to 76.4%, down 0.9% on the March quarter 2016 proportion of 77.3%.

NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE (QUARTER)	Release Date
September 2016	24 November 2016
December 2016	23 February 2017

REVISIONS

In this issue revisions have been made to the original series as a result of the receipt of revised survey data. These revisions have impacted the assets and liabilities reported back to and including the December 2015 quarter.


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