Danske Bank
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The euro market, despite an increasingly hawkish central bank and strengthening euro, is proving immensely popular with borrowers. A pair of sovereigns hit screens on Monday for euro trades, as did two Nordic agencies. -
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Ireland opened 2018 with a €4bn print deemed “spectacular” by a banker away from the deal, who said that it was priced flat to the sovereign’s curve.
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Ireland is set to become the first SSA borrower of 2018 to print a syndicated bond, picking banks for a benchmark deal to be sold on Wednesday. The German state of Lower Saxony will also come to market on Wednesday.
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Jens Peter Leschly Neergaard, global head of international banking at Danske Bank, will retire at the end of this year.
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A Nordic bank has picked a new global head of SSA origination, with the previous holder of the position set to switch to a newly created, SRI focused job within the bank.
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Irish headquartered US energy technology company Johnson Controls sold the shortest corporate bond deal of the week on Tuesday, tapping into the pool of investor money looking for a safe option into the end of the year.
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The three corporate bond issuers who sold new issues in euros on Tuesday offered something short, something intermediate and something long. The shorter tranches benefitted from the most interest.
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TCM Group, the Danish kitchen maker, has priced its initial public offering on Nasdaq Copenhagen, at Dkr98 a share, giving it a market cap of Dkr980m (€132m).
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The financial institutions bond market showed "discipline" this week, said market participants, with investors refusing to pile into every new deal amid a flurry of supply.
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Jyske Bank followed Danske Bank into the euro market for senior unsecured debt this week. But the product could soon become a rare sight in Denmark.
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Three European banks chose Tuesday to offer senior bonds as issuers took advantage of a period of market stability. Danske Bank and Landsbankinn HF both offered notes in euros, while National Australia Bank (NAB) issued in sterling.
