Credit and rates
We serve the needs of a diverse global customer base comprising large and small corporate borrowers from private companies to real estate funds, infrastructure funds, infrastructure companies and utilities and listed companies as well as investors including sovereign and semi-sovereign investors, banks, real money funds, leveraged investors and other financials.
Westpac has two specialist global desks which aim to be the market leaders in credit and rates products, providing markets in:
- Interest rate swaps, currency swaps, interest rate options and fixed interest derivatives, Commonwealth Government, Semi-Government, supranational/agency, and CPI-linked cash bonds.
- Corporate, bank and financial institution bonds as well as asset backed securities and credit derivatives
- We’re committed to making markets in all time zones and in all our market products to ensure liquidity for our clients as part of our global strategy.
Investors
We provide our customers with global support across all major time zones, access to real time pricing, e-commerce delivery and dedicated credit and rates advisory across all regions.
Borrowers
We’re committed to providing end-to-end solutions to our customers and building our profile as the trusted advisor and partner of choice to support clients to achieve their strategic goals.
IBOR transition
The London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR), which is the globally recognised base rate for pricing financial instruments in USD, GBP, EUR, JPY and CHF currencies, may cease to be quoted after December 2021.
Global contacts
Please contact your Westpac banker or Financial Markets representative for more information.