DNB Bank

Humana, the Swedish care provider, had by Monday morning obtained a covered book for its initial public offering, which could total up to Skr832m ($100m).

Ten of the 11 banks that underwrote Saipem’s €3.5bn rights issue sold the bulk of their remaining overhang in the stock in a block trade on Monday night, making a gain. But Banca Imi decided to take the riskier path of selling its holdings by itself at a later date.

All but one of the banks that underwrote Saipem’s €3.5bn rights issue, and were left holding €427m of the Italian oil and gas engineering group’s stock, are selling down their stakes tonight.

DNB Bank priced its first public euro senior unsecured bond for more than four years on Friday, and became the latest bank to take as much as possible from its order book as conditions remain uncertain.

By the second day of Saipem’s auction of its unsold rights, all of them had been sold to investors — but with the share price still 3.3% below the subscription price at Thursday's close, the underwriters may yet have to buy up to €427m of stock.

InVivo's includes all for loan — Safe Bulkers extends

Safe Bulkers, the dry bulk shipping firm domiciled in Monaco, has extended the maturity on an outstanding loan, as the dry bulk industry battles against oversupply.

Swedish telecommunications company Tele2 has retained all of the original lenders as it refinances a €800m revolving credit facility.

Prosafe, which provides offshore accommodation for oil rigs, announced on Tuesday that it had negotiated changes to the terms of loans signed less than 12 months ago.

Italian oil drilling company Saipem has revealed its bank group following the company's debut loan syndication.

Norwegian Air, the unrated low cost airline, came to the European high yield market on Tuesday and sold €125m of unsecured notes, expanding its all-Norwegian krone denominated bond funding to euros for the first time.

TeliaSonera, the Swedish telecoms firm, returned to the Norwegian krone bond market with a 15 year note on Tuesday, its second outing in the currency this year.