Svenska Handelsbanken top stories

• Svenska sails close to covereds with tight sterling senior

  

  Svenska Handelsbanken was well received for a new senior unsecured transaction in the sterling market on Thursday, despite having pushed the spread towards a level that some investors might be able to pick up from a covered bond.

  • 25 Apr 2019

• AfDB opens up Nokkie social market

  The African Development Bank’s inaugural Norwegian krone bond, the first ever social bond in the Norwegian market, could pave the way for further social issuance in the sector.

  • 09 Apr 2019

• KfW prints first Swedish note of 2019

  A reverse enquiry was the catalyst behind KfW’s decision to print its first Swedish krona note of the year on Wednesday — one of the largest krona deals issued by the German agency.

  • 04 Apr 2019

• Sub-sovereigns print private Scandie notes

  An attractive Scandinavian market led two European sub-sovereigns to print private notes this week.

  • 04 Apr 2019

• Stockholm places largest private deal since 2012

  A strong Swedish market led the City of Stockholm to place its first private trade of the year on Monday. The Skr2.5bn ($268.4m) note was its largest non-syndicated issue since 2012.

  • 02 Apr 2019

• ING draws more than $8bn of demand for tight AT1 print

  A flood of orders helped ING Groep to price a $1.25bn additional tier one on top of fair value on Tuesday, with the Reg S dollar market back in action after Banco Santander’s landmark extension decision.

  • 19 Feb 2019

• Svenska reboots AT1 market after landmark extension decision

  Svenska Handelsbanken found strong demand at tight levels for a new additional tier one this week, helping to put to bed any concerns that the market might be languishing after the first ever ‘non-call’ in asset class.

  • 14 Feb 2019

• AT1s to bounce back from first non-call as Svenska mandates

  Svenska Handelsbanken picked banks on Wednesday to arrange the sale of a new additional tier one in the dollar market, with the dust yet to settle around Banco Santander’s decision to extend the life of one of its instruments.

  • 13 Feb 2019

• Svenska unlatches euro sub market

  Svenska Handelsbanken was in the market on Tuesday, setting final terms for €750m of tier two capital. It was the first bank to issue subordinated notes in euros since June.

  • 28 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