NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE (QUARTER)	Release Date
March 2009	26 May 2009
June 2009	26 August 2009

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SUMMARY COMMENTARY


KEY FIGURES

Securitisers, Australia - Assets and Liabilities
			Sep Qtr 2008	Dec Qtr 2008	% change Sep Qtr 2008 to Dec Qtr 2008
			$m	$m	%
Total assets at end of qtr			229 124	225 640	-1.5
of which
	Mortgages
		Residential	163 961	155 652	-5.1
		Non-residential	8 357	7 916	-5.3
Total liabilities at end of qtr			229 123	225 640	-1.5
of which
	Asset backed Securities
		Issued domestically	146 926	139 907	-4.8
		Issued off shore	67 388	69 076	2.5

Assets of Securitisers

At the end of the December quarter 2008, total assets of Australian securitisers were $225.6b, down $3.5b (1.5%) on the September quarter 2008 total. This is the sixth consecutive fall for the assets of Australian securitisers.

Mortgage assets, which accounted for 72.5% of total assets, were $163.6b at 30 December 2008, a decrease of $8.8b (5.1%) during the quarter.

During the December quarter 2008, residential mortgages increased (up $8.3b, 5.1%). This was offset by an increase in other assets (up $4.8b, 58.0%), and holdings of long term asset backed securities (up $1.1b, 6.4%).

Liabilities of Securitisers

The decrease of $3.5b in total liabilities during the December quarter 2008 was due to decreases in short term asset backed securities issued in Australia (down $3.7b, 10.5%), long term asset backed securities issued in Australia (down $3.3b, 3.0%), loans and placements (down $1.1b, 14.1%). Offsetting increases occurred in other liabilities to resident (up $3.1b, 48.6%), and asset backed securities, issued offshore (up $1.7b, 2.5%).

Asset backed securities issued overseas increased to 30.6% of total liabilities in the December quarter 2008, up 1.2 percentage points on the September quarter 2008.

Asset backed securities issued domestically decreased to 62.0% of total liabilities, down 2.1 percentage points on the September quarter 2008.