Kennedy Wilson Europe Real Estate Ltd (“KWE”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kennedy-Wilson Holding, Inc., has both Sterling and Euro-denominated unsecured bonds trading on the London Stock Exchange.
We maintain prudent hedging policies against interest rates and foreign exchange exposure. A significant proportion of our borrowings are fixed in nature or hedged by way of interest rate caps. Euro assets are hedged through a combination of Euro-denominated borrowings and derivatives.
KWE has an investment grade credit rating of BBB- from Standard and Poor’s. We maintain a conservative financial profile which targets strong liquidity, a staggered debt maturity and a balanced capital structure of low-cost secured and unsecured borrowings.
Debt mix June 2020 | ||
Term to maturity | Average cost of debt | |
3.6 years | 3.2% |
debt
£530.2m | £999.5m | ||
Secured debt | Unsecured debt | ||
Term to maturity | 3.5 years | Term to maturity | 3.7 years |
Total fixed cost | 2.5% | Total fixed cost | 3.5% |
Total fixed/hedged debt | 90.4% | Fixed debt | 100% |