To meet the State's funding and debt management requirements, Western Australian Treasury Corporation's (WATC) 2024–25 borrowing program at 31 July 2024 is:
| Term Funding Requirement | $B | $B |
| New Money Program (Estimated) | 0.6 | |
| Projected Maturities | ||
| Bond | 0.0 | |
| Floating Rate Note | 1.7 | |
| Less pre-funding | 0.0 | 1.7 |
| Total Maturities + New Money | 2.3 | |
| Other - Commercial Paper to Term | 1.5 | |
| Estimated Term Funding Requirement | 3.8 |
WATC 2024–25 Funding Strategy
It is expected that WATC's Benchmark Bond program (including labelled and non-labelled) will be the primary source of term funding, supplemented by Floating Rate Notes. Issuance into nonbenchmark bonds may be considered subject to client and investor demand. However, actual volumes and the composition of term funding is subject to the borrowing requirements of WATC's clients and market conditions.
WATC’s funding strategy will focus on:
- a minimum of one new Floating Rate Note,
- the establishment of a new benchmark bond,
- where possible building outstandings in existing bond and FRN lines,
- accessing markets through reverse enquiry, taps, tenders and syndications.
In addition to the term funding requirement, WATC expects to maintain approximately $2.5 billion – $4.5 billion of commercial paper outstanding through its domestic Short Term Inscribed Stock (STIS) and offshore Euro Commercial Paper (ECP) programs over the 2024–25 financial year.
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