Australia's BankWest adds A$1.6 bln to internal RMBS

SYDNEY, Nov 25 (Reuters) - Australian regional lender Bank
of Western Australia (BankWest) has added A$1.6 billion ($1.04
billion) to an internal securitisation of residential
mortgage-backed securities (RMBS), ratings agency Moody's said
on Tuesday.

The increase brings total volume to the Series 2008-1D SWAN
Trust, to A$7.4 billion, it said.

For the full list of internal securitisation programmes
established by Australian and New Zealand institutions, see
[ID:nSYD374385].

BankWest is set to be taken over by Commonwealth Bank of
Australia (CBA.AX), the nation's second largest bank.
($1=1.541 Australian Dollar)
(Reporting by Cecile Lefort, editing by James Regan)