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The deal marks the HKMC’s first infrastructure financing securitisation. It could act as a catalyst for development of this nascent asset class in Asia, as the region strives to bridge a $1.7 trillion annual infrastructure financing gap.

Faced with a lack of issuance and new regulations, AsiaÆs trustee banks are working hard to find new business.

Arrangers sound out investors in Hong Kong and Singapore before establishing a price bracket for the A$1 billion deal.

25 companies benefit from largest domestic securitization.

The bank successfully moves credit risk off balance sheet and improves its capital adequacy ratios.

The Singaporean bank seeks to move credit risk off its balance sheet to improve its capital ratios and prepare for Basel 2.