SEB top stories

• SRI expert preps development finance comeback

  

  A climate and sustainable finance expert is set to leave SEB to return to the world of development finance.

  • 09 Oct 2019

• Sweden’s DMO: bond will be ‘dark green’

  Sweden’s consideration of whether to issue a green bond has been careful and thorough, stretching over nearly three years and considering several objections. The Riksgälden (Swedish National Debt Office) is now determined to go ahead with a deal in 2020. Here, the Riksgälden answers GlobalCapital’s questions about its thinking.

  • 04 Oct 2019

• Sweden sets date for green bond debut at last

  Sweden has mandated SEB as structuring adviser on its debut green bond, to be issued in 2020. The announcement on Thursday morning for the first time puts a definite date on when Sweden will issue. The process of considering the idea has already taken nearly three years.

  • 03 Oct 2019

• EIB USD1bn 1.625% Oct 29 Climate Awareness Bond

  • 03 Oct 2019

• EIB wins impressive book in 10 year CAB

  The European Investment Bank pulled in over $3.8bn of demand for its first 10 year dollar benchmark in over a year, despite sharing screens with the supranational’s debut €STR-linked transaction. BNG is set to follow suit at five years with a sustainability bond.

  • 02 Oct 2019

• EIB goes green with rare trip to dollar long end

  The European Investment Bank hit screens with a $1bn no-grow global 10 year Climate Awareness Bond on Tuesday. The issuer has not printed a 10 year dollar benchmark since May 2017.

  • 01 Oct 2019

• Teekay preps ‘green bond’ to fund new oil tanker fleet

  Teekay Shuttle Tankers has mandated a $150m “green bond” to fund new oil tankers built to the firm’s “e-shuttle” standards. The deal raises questions about the logic of using green-branded debt instruments to fund fossil fuel extraction.

  • 01 Oct 2019

• NWB EUR500m 0% Oct 34 water bond

  • 26 Sep 2019

• A rainy day for NWB as water bond gets wet

  Nederlandse Waterschapsbank (NWB) failed to reach full subscription for its 15 year water bond this week, with the lead managers having to step in to help the Dutch agency raise €500m. The issuer attributed the lack of demand to the weak eurozone economic data published during book building.

  • 26 Sep 2019

• 'Not an easy day' as NWB flounders with water bond

  Lead managers had to step in to help Nederlandse Waterschapsbank (NWB) raise €500m with a 15 year water bond on Monday, though a banker on the deal said that there had been strong demand for the transaction from ESG investors.

  • 23 Sep 2019