Nordea Markets top stories

• Tele2 wires euro bond for Swedish merger

  

  Nordic and Eastern European telecoms group Tele2 is planning to fund its acquisition of peer Com Hem with its first bond in euros, as borrowers return from earnings blackouts leading to more activity in the primary markets.

  • 23 Oct 2018

• Luminor looks to light up new funding path after senior debut

  Luminor Bank, an Estonian financial institution, was looking to place a small senior unsecured deal in the euro market on Wednesday, in spite of volatile market conditions. The transaction will be the issuer’s first step towards reducing its reliance on bank facilities as a means of funding.

  • 10 Oct 2018

• GlobalCapital Covered Bond Awards 2018: the winners

  The Cover and GlobalCapital held the annual Covered Bond Awards Dinner on Thursday night at BMW Welt in Munich, celebrating the best performers in the market.

  • 14 Sep 2018

• Yankee banks bash open the floodgates

  Banks that deal in Yankees, including Nordea, HSBC and BPCE, raised $16bn in new funding as the market reopened with a bang after the Labor Day holiday.

  • 06 Sep 2018

• Nordics open stream of delayed double-Bs as euro HY heats up

  The Nordic high yield market has started to price several top rated euro deals that were initially planned to roadshow before the summer break. This time, demand and coupons suggest this could be a better window for the issuers.

  • 06 Sep 2018

• ABN Amro reopens Yankee market

  ABN Amro took advantage of a stable background and quiet market conditions to re-open the Yankee bank market this week, with a $2bn trade that attracted more than $7bn in orders.

  • 23 Aug 2018

• Schuldschein shrugs off Nordic bank dressing down from ESMA

  The European Securities and Markets Authority recently fined a clutch of Nordic banks for breaking credit rating regulations. The decision could have implications for the Schuldschein market — where arranging banks issue similar ratings to investors.

  • 09 Aug 2018

• If it ain’t broke, don’t regulate it

  The European Securities and Markets Authority’s (ESMA) decision to fine five Nordic banks last week has raised two questions: just how consistently will rules be applied across Europe, and is it even appropriate that they are?

  • 02 Aug 2018

• Investors lap up €90m Petroleum Geo-Services block

  Ferd Invest sold a stake in Petroleum Geo-Services, the Norwegian company that provides surface imaging to oil and gas exploration companies, on Monday night after the stock rallied due to higher oil prices over the past 12 months.

  • 31 Jul 2018

• ESMA fines five Scandi banks for issuing ‘shadow ratings’

  The European Securities and Markets Authority on Monday issued fines to five banks from the Nordic region totalling €2.475m, for issuing credit ratings without having gained the necessary approval.

  • 23 Jul 2018