Svenska Handelsbanken top stories

• Kommuninvest readies first benchmark of 2020

  

  Swedish issuer Kommuninvest is preparing to launch its first deal of 2020 — a five year Swedish krona note.

  • 23 Jan 2020

• ABN and Deutsche diversify into sterling with new senior trades

  ABN Amro and Deutsche Bank opened books on new senior deals in the sterling bond market, with bankers recognising that the currency is 'working very well' for international names.

  • 09 Jan 2020

• FIG investors show ‘apathy’ for secondaries

  Financial institution investors, desperate for any sort of yield pick-up are keeping their cash away from secondaries in the hope of earning new issue concessions in a rejuvenated primary market.

  • 04 Sep 2019

• Negative yields no longer a ‘deal breaker’ for FIG investors

  Investors in unsecured bank debt instruments are unlikely to put up much of a fight against the inevitable march into negative yielding new issuance.

  • 28 Aug 2019

• HSBC and Handelsbanken dodge negative yields in senior

  HSBC France and Svenska Handelsbanken avoided issuing senior bonds at negative yields in a busy new issue market on Tuesday, but bankers said it was only a 'matter of time' before someone takes the plunge below 0% with an unsecured deal.

  • 27 Aug 2019

• Scandi taps flow again after summer break

  Volumes are growing across the spectrum in the Scandinavian MTN markets, as issuers and bankers return from their summer holidays. Meanwhile, bankers are expecting Scandinavian investors to move further out along the credit curve in response to negative yields as dovish Nordic central bank tones could lead to a bullish Scandinavian market.

  • 13 Aug 2019

• Esma cancels ‘shadow ratings’ fine for Nordic banks

  The European Securities and Markets Authority (Esma) has had to row back on fines for four Nordic banks for issuing credit ratings, after an appeal board found that the banks had not broken the rules negligently.

  • 15 Jul 2019

• Handelsbanken hires new Finnish head of DCM

  Handelsbanken has appointed Juha Mustonen as its new head of debt capital markets for Finland. He will work with Finnish loan and bond clients.

  • 03 Jul 2019

• SSAs take advantage of low Nordic yields

  A trio of SSAs made the most of low yields in Danish kroner and Swedish kronor to print paper with coupons hovering around zero this week.

  • 27 Jun 2019

• Swedish krona issuers look to beat midsummer close

  An infrequent Swedish corporate issuer, a Nordic bank, and a German car manufacturer all placed floaters larger than Skr1bn ($106m) in the last week. Swedish krona bonds have been popular with both public and private issuers in recent weeks, as both issuers and investors rush to get business done before the traditional midsummer market closure.

  • 11 Jun 2019