Finland
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Finland is unlikely to pay another visit to the syndicated or private placement markets this year and will instead look to round off its long-term funding needs with a tap via auction. -
Spanish telecoms group MasMovil is preparing a €720m bond, the second part of the financing for its take-private by Cinven, KKR and Providence Private Equity. Most of the €2.9bn financing came through a loan issue, allocated in July, with the bonds readied following shareholder acceptance for the offer last week.
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This week's scorecard looks at the progress Nordic agencies have made in their 2020 funding programmes in mid-September.
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Two of the largest pension insurers in Finland have offloaded €283m of stock in Kojamo, a housing rental company in the country, tapping into yield driven demand for residential property companies during the pandemic.
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French agency Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations (CDC) hit screens on Monday afternoon with its second ever sustainability bond, following its debut in the format last year.
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In a busy week for European sovereign sustainable issuance, Municipality Finance took the chance to sell its debut social bond — the first in the format from any Nordic SSA.
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Municipality Finance will be holding a series of investor calls next week as it looks to issue its inaugural social bond following the publication of a framework earlier this year.
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A softer backdrop on Thursday was not enough to deter financial institutions from entering the euro market, with Deutsche Bank set to sell a new non-preferred senior bond and Finnish insurer Sampo welcoming plenty of demand for a tier two.
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Finland was on track to receive its biggest ever book for a syndication as it came to the market with its third euro benchmark of the year on Wednesday.
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The European Investment Bank re-opened the primary euro public sector bond market with a decent outing in the 10 year part of the curve on Tuesday. Finland is next up, hitting screens for a deal of the same tenor expected on Wednesday.
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Private equity firms EQT Partners and Vaaka Partners have offloaded €118.5m of stock in Musti Group, the Finland-based pet store, in an otherwise barren week for block trades in EMEA.
