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A rebounding property market and low mortgage arrears have kept funding markets wide open for Australian lenders, as investors look for more certain and stable returns amid ongoing volatility in equity markets.

For the past 50 years, Earth Day has been celebrated globally by billions of people every year on April 22. In 2023, Earth Day had the theme of ‘investing in our planet’. The idea behind this initiative is simple, celebrate people working towards achieving a sustainable future for everyone.

We are so proud to work with both of these teams to help our community wherever we can.

Non-bank lenders Firstmac and Pepper have raised $2.5 billion through the sale of mortgage-backed securities on Thursday, defying the pressure created on local securitisation markets by a wave of UK pension fund selling.

As group of market participants hosted by the Australian Securities Forum have expressed confidence about the size and variety of the ESG securitisation market going forward.

We are pleased to announce that the Norinchukin Bank and the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (“CEFC”), on behalf of the Australian Government, have signed a commitment to provide financing to Australian green mortgages originated by non-bank lender Firstmac Limited and arranged by J.P. Morgan Securities Australia Limited.

Australian homeowners will have access to $230 million in discounted green home loan finance as part of a $750 million green mortgage-backed securitisation raised by Firstmac and backed by the CEFC and leading Japanese bank, Norinchukin.

Non-bank lender Firstmac has released a new analysis of its $12 billion loan book which shows that Victoria has re-joined the national trend towards homeowners moving off COVID-19 hardship arrangements. 

Non-bank lender Firstmac has released a new analysis of its $12 billion loan book which shows that the number of homeowners on COVID-19 hardship arrangements is rising in Victoria, against a backdrop of falling hardship in other states.