Svenska Handelsbanken top stories

• Lower provisions help Nordic banks in Q2 results

  

  Smaller loan loss provisions and high capital ratios have helped Nordic lenders to kick off European bank earnings season in a positive fashion. But analysts are cautious about drawing any conclusions for the rest of the sector.

  • 23 Jul 2020

• UniCredit gathers strong demand as new deal window opens

  UniCredit attracted plenty of demand for a €1.25bn sale of non-preferred senior debt in euros on Wednesday, as issuers took advantage of strong funding conditions ahead of the summer period.

  • 15 Jul 2020

• Borregaard latest Norwegian to sign sustainability loan

  Borregaard, the Norwegian paper and chemicals company, has signed sustainability-linked credit facilities totalling Nkr1.5bn (€140m), days after Klaveness brought the loan structure to Norway’s shipping industry.

  • 09 Jul 2020

• European banks puts focus on dollars as currency shows value

  European banks jumped into the US dollar market this week, with some issuers clocking up huge savings in the currency versus what their home markets could offer.

  • 25 Jun 2020

• Yankee bank supply booms as dollars show their value

  Royal Bank of Scotland and ING were set on Wednesday to add to a recent run of dollar bond issuance from European banks, with some issuers having clocked up huge savings in the currency versus what their home markets can offer.

  • 24 Jun 2020

• SBAB makes 30bp spread move on euro green debut

  SBAB Bank found plenty of room to tighten the pricing on a new preferred senior deal in euros on Wednesday, after investors welcomed the trade’s green credentials.

  • 06 May 2020

• Swedish banks treat market to detailed breakdown of loan risks

  Svenska Handelsbanken and Swedbank looked to be as transparent as possible when laying out their assumptions for loan losses this week, as part of an effort to reassure the market about their resilience in the face of the coronavirus crisis.

  • 23 Apr 2020

• Alfa Laval rolls revolvers into one

  Sweden’s Alfa Laval has amended its revolving credit facilities, with the heavy industry products maker consolidating two old deals into one €900m revolver.

  • 21 Apr 2020

• Bank bond supply at ‘healthy’ levels ahead of Q1 results

  A measured reopening of the primary bond markets in the last month has left banks in a good place to launch new deals after first quarter results, according to FIG DCM officials.

  • 21 Apr 2020

• Market vol against SG as French trio seize issuance window

  BNP Paribas and Crédit Agricole enjoyed the best of conditions as they reopened the market for non-preferred senior bonds from eurozone banks this week, but Société Générale ran into market turbulence when it emerged a day later. Bankers said that showed that demand for the instrument remains limited.

  • 16 Apr 2020