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  • Swedish banks in focus for senior market

    Three Swedish banks were busy in the preferred senior market this week, with SBAB Bank and Svenska Handelsbanken pricing new deals and Länsförsäkringar Bank (LF Bank) lining up for its debut.

    • 31 Aug 2017

  • Balder’s HY hybrid more than four times oversubscribed

    Swedish property manager Fastighets AB Balder printed the year’s first hybrid bond with speculative grade ratings on Thursday, after investors oversubscribed its €350m offering by 4.5 times.

    • 31 Aug 2017

  • Swedish banks line up for preferred senior as SBAB hits euros

    Swedish banks were circling the euro market this week as preferred senior bond valuations touched on historic lows. SBAB Bank, Länsförsäkringar Bank (LF Bank) and Svenska Handelsbanken were all looking at new deals.

    • 31 Aug 2017

  • Balder’s hybrid extends Nordic August in euro HY

    Fastighets AB Balder, the Swedish property manager, began roadshowing for a €350m hybrid bond in euros and Swedish kronor on Tuesday. It may become the second Nordic borrower to issue in an otherwise quiet euro high yield market during the summer break.

    • 29 Aug 2017

  • Roadshow schedule builds healthy autumn pipeline

    Two deals were priced this week in the European corporate bond market, and next week already looks busier. With a roadshow under way and four others coming up, the window before September’s European Central Bank meeting looks full.

    • 24 Aug 2017

  • ISS shines brightly as it docks with investors

    European corporate bond investors had only had one corporate bond deal to consider in August before LafargeHolcim brought its €750m 12 year deal on Tuesday. But that lean period looks to be over as ISS Global followed with a €600m 10 year transaction on Wednesday.

    • 23 Aug 2017

  • Handelsbanken hires former HSBC banker Colldahl

    Handelsbanken has hired Nils Colldahl for its DCM team, as part of the bank's expansion of euro-denominated bond origination.

    • 01 Aug 2017

Bond Comments

All International Bonds

Rank Lead Manager Amount $bn No of issues Share %
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1 JPMorgan 92.59 388 8.96%
2 Citi 85.30 278 8.25%
3 BofA Securities 63.15 265 6.11%
4 Barclays 58.01 223 5.61%
5 Deutsche Bank 55.74 184 5.39%

Bookrunners of All Syndicated Loans EMEA

Rank Lead Manager Amount $bn No of issues Share %
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1 BNP Paribas 60.87 123 14.06%
2 Credit Agricole CIB 28.59 93 6.60%
3 Santander 25.41 90 5.87%
4 JPMorgan 23.88 61 5.52%
5 UniCredit 21.51 103 4.97%

Bookrunners of all EMEA ECM Issuance

Rank Lead Manager Amount $bn No of issues Share %
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1 Goldman Sachs 2.07 11 10.42%
2 BofA Securities 1.40 6 7.01%
3 Citi 1.37 7 6.87%
4 Morgan Stanley 1.36 6 6.85%
5 JPMorgan 1.31 7 6.59%