Perils of Nordic HY laid bare as Lebara aims to redeem early rather than disclose

Lebara, the telecommunications firm, is looking to redeem its €350m bond due 2022 early rather than list it on the Oslo exchange, after it failed to meet a deadline to produce full audited financial results. It seemed to suggest on Monday that unnamed forces were massing against it, but senior high yield bankers warned that the lightly regulated Nordic exchanges had always been likely to invite this sort of drama.