Banks

Nokia had much to be thankful for on Monday when it issued a €750m seven year bond at 170bp over mid-swaps — the same level at which its older five year bond was trading at the beginning of this year.

Danske Bank has turned to the Norwegian krone market to raise non-preferred senior debt, following closely behind a recent transaction in euros.

L-Bank is set to bring the first ever Reg S only Sofr-linked bond on Tuesday. The German agency will be joined in the dollar SSA market by Japan Finance Organization for Municipalities, which has picked banks for its first benchmark of the calendar year.

Greece mandated banks on Monday for a 10 year syndication, which will be the sovereign’s longest tenor since making its public bond market comeback in 2014.

Greencoat Renewables, the Irish wind farms fund managed by Greencoat Capital, returned to the equity capital markets on Monday with a €105.5m fundraising following the release of its 2018 earnings.

The European Investment Bank will look to extend the Sonia-linked floating rate note curve on Tuesday with a seven year trade. On-looking bankers welcomed the development but said it would not lead to a rush of issuers heading for that part of the curve.

South East Water, the UK water supplier headquartered in Kent, has debuted in the US private placement (US PP) market, according to participants in the sector.

With market conditions strong last week, leads on the most hotly anticipated leveraged financing of the year decided to press ahead and launch. The $10.5bn debt package backing Brookfield’s buyout of Johnson Controls’ Power Solutions business will hit all the major pockets of demand, with term loans in dollars and euros, senior secured bonds in dollars and euros, and unsecured notes as well.

NatWest Markets has hired an SSA banker, GlobalCapital understands.

Fears that MiFID II is demolishing coverage of smaller UK companies appear to be misplaced, according to research firm Hardman & Co, with analyst numbers actually on the up. But not everyone agrees with that assessment. Meanwhile, market participants think that liquidity is decreasing, despite what the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) says, and this could boost private equity interest in these small firms.

Cadent Gas has sold £680m-equivalent of US private placements (US PP) across several tranches, in dollars and sterling, according to market participants, in one of the largest PP transactions from a UK utility on record. This is evidence that PP investors are not shying away from UK names, market participants claim, even amid the uncertainty of Brexit.

A member of RBC Capital Markets’ SSA team has left after nearly seven years at the bank, GlobalCapital understands.