DNB Bank

◆ Wide range of investors buy highly rated bonds ◆ DNB achieves one of the tightest spreads since Covid-era QE days of 2021 ◆ SpareBank 1 SMN extends euro senior curve by two years

The bank has been added to DNB's list of registered covered bond issuers

◆ Stockholm bank reached its preferred size ◆ Issuer’s third covered in three years ◆ Norwegian issuers have dominated Nordic covereds this year

◆ Issuer takes advantage of attractive sterling funding levels ◆ Printing during UK school holidays no problem for 'very well loved name' ◆ Sterling FIG senior undersupplied versus last year

◆ Bank keen to diversify funding from euro ◆ Issuer paid a premium over its normal euro rate ◆ Bawag keen to establish a dollar curve with more issuance

◆ Issuer took advantage of attractive euro funding levels ◆ 'The best quality name you can buy,' lead says ◆ Premium paid

◆ Lender's first covered since September 2024 ◆ Deal was fixed at €500m and tightened by 5bp ◆ Banker said the trade offered 1bp of new issue premium

The Norwegian bank is planning to issue 'in the near future' its first covered bond since September 2024

Norwegian issuer returns to dollar market after eight year absence

A series of foreign bank issuers move in force to raise dollars, pushing weekly issuance tally close to March 2025

Short senior FRNs emerge as Nordic banks go local

◆ Norwegian bank increases size ◆ Issuer meets spread objective ◆ Banker said he drew confidence from secondaries