Nordea Markets
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Finland and Madrid hit screens on Monday to capitalise on the red hot appetite for euro sovereign supply in the 10 year part of the curve.
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Sweden’s Loomis has signed a €150m five year deal, as the cash handling firm looked to switch the headline currency on its syndicated revolving bank facility.
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Finnair has signed a €175m revolving credit facility, as it expands its routes to fly to new Asian destinations.
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CPPIB Capital was comfortably oversubscribed for its $2bn trade on Monday with the dollar SSA market remaining attractive at the short end. Agence Francaise de Developpement, KfW and Kommuninvest will look to tap into lucrative conditions in the currency after mandating banks for deals on Tuesday.
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Sweden’s Modern Times Group has signed more bank funding related to spinning off Nordic Entertainment, as the media company’s talks with PPF to sell its Bulgarian business were scuppered after falling foul of regulators.
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The Netherlands will look to issue around €4bn-€6bn with a maturity of at least 15 years in its debut green bond, which will be sold through a Dutch Direct Auction in the second quarter of 2019.
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Finland’s Ahlstrom-Munksjö has signed $1.09bn-equivalent in acquisition and backstop facilities, as the fibre materials company prepares to buy US paper producer Expera Specialty Solutions.
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Nordic and Eastern European telecoms group Tele2 is planning to fund its acquisition of peer Com Hem with its first bond in euros, as borrowers return from earnings blackouts leading to more activity in the primary markets.
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Luminor Bank, an Estonian financial institution, was looking to place a small senior unsecured deal in the euro market on Wednesday, in spite of volatile market conditions. The transaction will be the issuer’s first step towards reducing its reliance on bank facilities as a means of funding.
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The Cover and GlobalCapital held the annual Covered Bond Awards Dinner on Thursday night at BMW Welt in Munich, celebrating the best performers in the market.