The ABS published their data on Australian Securitisers to June 2014 today. At 30 June 2014, total assets of Australian Securitisers were $131.3b, up $2.5b (2.0%) on 31 March 2014. Still below below the pre-GFC peak of more than $250,000 million.
During the June quarter 2014, the rise in total assets was due to an increase in residential mortgage loans (up $3.4b, 3.3%). This was partially offset by decreases in other loans (down $0.4b, 2.5%) and cash and deposits (down $0.3b, 8.0%). Residential and non-residential mortgage assets, which accounted for 82.7% of total assets, were $108.6b at 30 June 2014, an increase of $3.4b (3.2%) during the quarter.
At 30 June 2014, total liabilities of Australian securitisers were $131.3b, up $2.5b (2.0%) on 31 March 2014. The rise in total liabilities was due to increases in loans and placements (up $2.1b, 14.8%) and long term asset-backed securities issued in Australia (up $1.1b, 1.2%). This was partially offset by a decrease in asset backed securities issued overseas (down $0.3b, 2.7%).
At 30 June 2014, asset backed securities issued overseas as a proportion of total liabilities decreased to 9.5%, down 0.4% on the March quarter 2014 percentage of 9.9%. Asset backed securities issued domestically as a proportion of total liabilities decreased to 76.8%, down 0.7% on the March quarter 2014 percentage of 77.5%.
The snapshot shows that the securitised sector is still in the doldrums, and that the bulk of loans are being purchased by local investors, rather than overseas. Growth is below loans system growth for the same period. Note that in this issue revisions have been made to the original series as a result of improved reporting of survey data. These revisions have impacted on the assets and liabilities for March 2014 and December 2013.
