Swedbank AB top stories

• Post-results Scandie credit pipeline builds

  

  A handful of borrowers are circling the Nordic markets with an eye to printing after the end of first quarter results. But the looming blackouts have not deterred every type of credit from tapping the market as a range of corporate, covered bond and financial issuers placed paper this week.

  • 16 Apr 2021

• Scandie firms tap MTNs for regulatory debt

  Danish firm Nykredit Realkredit tapped the MTN market for non-preferred paper this week ahead of a deadline for regulatory debt buffers next year. Elsewhere, Alandsbanken issued its first additional tier one (AT1) note.

  • 19 Mar 2021

• European banks develop dollar ESG market

  Deutsche Bank and Standard Chartered sold their first green and sustainable bonds in dollars this week, giving US investors a chance pick up supply that would normally be expected to arrive in euros.

  • 18 Mar 2021

• European banks target ESG deals in dollar reopening

  Deutsche Bank and Standard Chartered were marketing green and sustainable bonds in dollars on Tuesday, following a tricky period for new deals in the currency.

  • 16 Mar 2021

• Shine fades from dollar market as Swedbank falters

  European banks will exercise extreme caution in dollars after an ill-fated senior deal from Swedbank this week. It could signal the end of a long run of ultra-easy borrowing conditions in US credit markets, with severe volatility stemming from fears of rising interest rates. Tyler Davies reports.

  • 11 Mar 2021

• Swedbank faces difficulties in dollars

  Swedbank got stuck at initial price thoughts for a $750m three year preferred senior bond in the dollar market this week, having been forced to drop a longer dated leg from its offering.

  • 10 Mar 2021

• BMO issues women in business bond

  The Bank of Montreal marked International Women’s Day with a Canadian dollar women in business bond this week — its first domestic issue off its sustainability framework.

  • 10 Mar 2021

• MuniFin EUR1bn 0% Mar 31

  • 25 Feb 2021

• Banks mark four-fold increase in ESG deals this year to date

  Financial institutions have ramped up their sales of green debt at the start of 2021, as they look to take advantage of a quiet funding year by building out their environment, social and governance frameworks. This week, nearly all FIG euro issuance arrived in ESG formats.

  • 25 Feb 2021

• Green dominates as labels aid FIG deal execution

  Environment, social and governance (ESG) themed debt has dominated the senior market this week, with the format helping to secure more execution certainty in a softer trading environment.

  • 24 Feb 2021