Danske Bank
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Swedish issuer Kommuninvest is preparing to launch its first deal of 2020 — a five year Swedish krona note. -
Samhällsbyggnadsbolaget i Norden (SBB), the Swedish social infastructure and residential property investment company, has mandated banks to lead a €500m no-grow perpetual non-call 5.25 year hybrid capital bond issue. Bankers off the trade expect it to fly.
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Denmark's Torm has signed $496m of bank loans, as new regulations affecting the global shipping industry take hold.
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Jyske Bank offered a small new issue premium to investors in a tier two offering in euros this week, taking the opportunity to optimise its capital structure in favourable market conditions.
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A pair of supranationals have reopened Danish krone green bonds. Domestic interest in SSA paper has grown over the last year, with green issuance a primary driver.
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Mowi, one of the largest seafood companies in the world, issued a €200m green bond this week. The Norwegian fish farmer advertises seafood as an environmentally friendlier and healthier alternative to meat but has also faced claims that it endangers ecosystems with its net-pen salmon farms.
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Issuers this week have steered clear of negative yielding covered bonds, choosing longer maturities for their securities. Crédit Agricole Italia went as far as 25 years, while on the other end was Santander UK marketing a seven year tenor.
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Foreign and domestic banks flocked to the UK this week as they sought to take advantage of stellar funding conditions in the sterling market. Bankers said this was the first chance issuers had to benefit from opportunities in the currency following December’s general election, which removed a lot of short-term uncertainty around Brexit.
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KfW, the European Investment Bank (EIB) and, in the medium-term note (MTN) market, a German region and a Finnish agency have kicked off the Norwegian krone market for SSAs. Bankers are hoping to extend krone’s impressive form from last year into 2020.
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Investors piled into the euro public sector bond market on Wednesday, allowing borrowers to achieve well subscribed order books and minimal new issue concessions for a range of maturities.
