Danske Bank

Finnish retail and property company Stockmann has issued an €85m hybrid capital bond, after announcing the deal on Tuesday.

Stockmann, the Finnish retail and property company, is considering a hybrid bond issue, but otherwise the corporate bond market is decidedly quiet.

General Electric has terminated an agreement to sell its appliance business to Swedish household appliance producer Electrolux, toasting bankers' plans to provide bridge financing.

ISS Global, the Danish cleaning and facility services company, on Monday raised a €500m no-grow bond, its second since winning investment grade status last year.

The head of corporate bond syndicate at Danske Bank has left the bank to work at an investment firm.

Norwegian Air, the unrated low cost airline, came to the European high yield market on Tuesday and sold €125m of unsecured notes, expanding its all-Norwegian krone denominated bond funding to euros for the first time.

ISS Global, the Danish cleaning and facility services company, has raised a €500m no-grow bond, its second since winning investment grade status last year.

Attendo, the Swedish healthcare provider, leapt up 46% in the first few minutes of trading on Monday morning, after its Skr4.33bn (€467m) Stockholm IPO, whose bookbuild ended on Friday, well oversubscribed.

CRH, the Irish building materials group, breezed through the new issue market on Wednesday with a deal of more than €1bn in euros and sterling.

CRH, the Irish building materials group, breezed through the bond new issue market on Wednesday with a deal of over €1bn in euros and sterling.

Alandsbanken, the Finnish banking group, has issued its first Swedish krona bond for over a year, drawing huge demand from domestic Swedish investors.

A trio of issuers from Finland and Sweden raised €3.5bn of funding in the covered bond market this week with strong receptions and limited spread concessions.