Nordea Markets
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Nordea announced on Wednesday that it was moving its headquarters from Sweden, where it has been since it was formed through a series of mergers in 2000, to Finland, where it will be supervised by the European Central Bank, as part of the ‘Banking Union’ arrangements. -
Nordea announced on Wednesday it would move its administrative headquarters from Sweden to Finland, allowing it to submit to supervision by Europe’s Single Supervisory Mechanism.
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Europe’s equity block trade market made an impeccable start to its autumn season on Wednesday night, when two repeat sellers brought trades in familiar, recently floated stocks, and both found strong demand.
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Carlsberg Breweries issued a rare six year euro bond this week that caused disagreement among market participants over its new issue concession, with some, who were off the deal, reckoning the premium is lower than leads’ estimations.
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Swedish property manager Fastighets AB Balder printed the year’s first hybrid bond with speculative grade ratings on Thursday, after investors oversubscribed its €350m offering by 4.5 times.
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Goldman Sachs is soon to close a block trade of its Dong Energy shares, its third sale since the IPO, with price guidance standing at Dkr320 to Dkr322 a share.
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Fastighets AB Balder, the Swedish property manager, began roadshowing for a €350m hybrid bond in euros and Swedish kronor on Tuesday. It may become the second Nordic borrower to issue in an otherwise quiet euro high yield market during the summer break.
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Two deals were priced this week in the European corporate bond market, and next week already looks busier. With a roadshow under way and four others coming up, the window before September’s European Central Bank meeting looks full.
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The Nordic Investment Bank issued its largest Swedish krona environmental bond on Wednesday as demand for socially responsible investments grows in Scandinavia.
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European corporate bond investors had only had one corporate bond deal to consider in August before LafargeHolcim brought its €750m 12 year deal on Tuesday. But that lean period looks to be over as ISS Global followed with a €600m 10 year transaction on Wednesday.
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AR Packaging, the Swedish maker of packaging for food, increased its LBO loans with a dividend recapitalisation deal on Tuesday. The move follows a trend of loan borrowers taking on more leverage ahead of new European Central Bank guidance on leverage limits.
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