Finland
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Municipality Finance grabbed the opportunity of being the only SSA dollar issuer this week to bring a very strong trade, paving the way for other borrowers to tap the currency. -
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With much of the great and good of the public sector markets busy at the Euromoney Global Borrowers and Bond Investors Forum in London (see page 6 for full coverage), deals were thin on the ground this week. But one Nordic agency was able to build its largest ever order book in dollars and, with conditions looking strong, both that currency and euros are likely to be packed next week, said bankers.
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Finnvera has become the first European SSA borrower to print a five year dollar benchmark since early March, picking up $1bn with a Reg S/144A benchmark.
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Finnvera is set to bring a deal in what has become a rare tenor in dollars, after mandating banks on Tuesday for a five year Reg S/144A benchmark.
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The Helsinki listing of Finnish property firm Kojamo was priced on Thursday and rose in trading on Friday morning, continuing the good run for Europe’s IPO market.
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KommuneKredit will hit the road next week to talk up a new green bond, while a fellow Nordic issuer is looking to enter the social bond market — although not for some time yet.
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KommuneKredit will hit the road next week to talk up a new green bond, while a fellow Nordic issuer is looking to enter the social bond market — although not for some time yet.
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Credit Suisse found itself long of stock in Neste Corp, the Finnish oil refiner, after an €861m sale of shares by the Finnish government on Tuesday night. The failed block trade has prompted equity capital markets bankers to ask whether the market has become much more unforgiving this year, writes Aidan Gregory.
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A €861m selldown of shares in Finnish oil refiner Neste Corp by the government of Finland on Tuesday night failed to clear, leaving the bookrunner holding a residual position.
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Solidium, the investment company owned by the government of Finland, has sold a chunk of its stake in Stora Enso, the Finnish maker of pulp and paper, via a block trade that was multiple times oversubscribed, according to a banker involved in the deal.
