Finland
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Loxam, the French supplier of industrial rental equipment, printed €1.15bn senior secured notes and €250m of subordinated notes this week, risking a future rating downgrade as it loads up more debt to finance its biggest ever acquisition. -
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Municipality Finance is looking to publish its social bond framework this year ahead of a debut bond in the format, as it looks to extend its offering of socially responsible bonds.
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Handelsbanken has appointed Juha Mustonen as its new head of debt capital markets for Finland. He will work with Finnish loan and bond clients.
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Austrian agency Asfinag won a big order book on Tuesday, allowing it to price 3bp tighter than guidance, in a 10 year tenor the issuer hasn't accessed since 2009. Municipality Finance and the German federal state of Lower Saxony will add to the euro SSA supply on Wednesday with a 10 year green bond and a seven year benchmark, respectively.
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This week's scorecard looks at the progress Nordic agencies have made at the end of June.
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BAWAG, SP Mortgage Bank and Tatra banka have all set their sights on the euro covered bond market, mandating for deals across the maturity spectrum.
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Euro and dollar benchmarks issued by Nordea, Lloyds, Korea Housing Finance Corporation (KHFC) and SMBC on Tuesday was a fillip for covered bond market participants suffering through volatile credit market conditions that have caused price expectations to fall.
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Finnish local government lender Municipality Finance has appointed its first chief economist. The creation of the role responds to new guidance from the European Central Bank for MuniFin to have a better outlook on the market.
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This week's scorecard looks at the progress Nordic agencies have made in their 2019 funding programmes.
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Insurance companies are finally picking up bond issuance after a first quarter that suffered the lowest issuance volumes since 2017. Finnish firm Sampo was the latest issuer this week.
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Sampo Group started to meet investors on Thursday, aiming to print a tier two note. ASR Nederland was the last insurer to raise tier two capital, in a deal that was more than 10 times oversubscribed.
