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Group Funding Strategy

Our strategy is to ensure sufficient, cost-effective and sustainable funding over the long term to meet the ongoing liquidity needs of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia and to satisfy the prudential requirements imposed by management and regulatory authorities.

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The material on this site (this page and other pages accessed through this page) is restricted to persons who are "wholesale clients" within the meaning of section 761G of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) (Corporations Act). If you are a "retail client" within the meaning of section 761G of the Corporations Act (e.g. you are not a professional investor in securities) or we would be required to provide you with a regulated offer document in relation to any offer that we may make to you, you should not access this site.

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About

Our strategy is supported by regular investor engagement and roadshows to ensure the Bank’s international profile is maintained and its credit strength is well understood by investors and intermediaries.

The Group Funding team is part of Group Treasury. Group Funding is responsible for keeping the ratings agencies informed of all material developments in the Bank’s business which may impact on the credit ratings and therefore affect the cost of the Bank’s wholesale funding.

Funding diversification

Group Funding’s role is to ensure that the Bank has ready access to funding from capital markets offshore and in Australia.

Funding sources of the Group include:
- Consumer retail funding base, which includes a wide range of retail transaction accounts, savings accounts and term deposits for individual consumers;
- Small business customer and institutional deposit base; and
- Wholesale domestic and international funding programs.
The major borrowing programs are:
- Euro and US Medium-Term Note Programmes
- US and Euro Commercial Paper Programmes
- 3a2 Programme
- Australian dollar Negotiable Certificates of Deposits
- Domestic Debt Programme
- Covered Bond Programme
- Medallion Securitisation Programme
Target markets are sophisticated international and domestic, wholesale investors.

Additional information, including financial, sustainability and regulatory disclosures can be found on the Bank’s Investor Centre.

Issue parameters

Target costs of funds from long-term and short-term debt raisings are set by Group Funding. These are revised from time to time to reflect changing market conditions and the Bank’s appetite for funding.

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