Wednesday, September 14, 2016

Fitch Affirms Westpac's Mortgage Covered Bonds at 'AAA'/Stable

(The following statement was released by the rating agency)

SYDNEY, September 14 (Fitch) Fitch Ratings has affirmed Westpac

Banking

Corporation's (WBC, AA-/Stable/F1+) AUD27.2bn of outstanding

mortgage covered

bonds at 'AAA'. The Outlook is Stable.

KEY RATING DRIVERS

The rating is based on WBC's Long-Term Issuer Default Rating

(IDR) of 'AA-', an

unchanged Discontinuity Cap (D-Cap) of 4 notches and the asset

percentage (AP)

of 89% used in the programme's asset coverage test, which Fitch

reli

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