Nordea Markets

Terex, the US lifting and material solutions company, has launched $900m of senior secured credit facilities to back its acquisition of Finnish crane maker Konecranes.

ISS Global, the Danish cleaning and facility services company, has raised a €500m no-grow bond, its second since winning investment grade status last year.

Attendo, the Swedish healthcare provider, leapt up 46% in the first few minutes of trading on Monday morning, after its Skr4.33bn (€467m) Stockholm IPO, whose bookbuild ended on Friday, well oversubscribed.

B2 Holding, the Norwegian debt management company, printed on Thursday its debut bond as it refinances its debts to support further acquisitions.

Mortgage Society of Finland (Suomen Hypoteekkiyhdistys) has mandated for what would be a debut senior unsecured issue in euros, as covered bonds dominated FIG primary activity on Monday.

Allied Irish Banks (AIB) could be ready to give investors a rare taste of periphery bank capital soon, but evidence of investor appetite for higher beta paper was mixed this week.

Banks leapt on demand for Hong Kong dollar medium term notes this week, as better than expected US non-farm payrolls drove rates up in the dollar-pegged currency.

There was a stark difference in the secondary performances of La Banque Postale’s and Nykredit’s tier two deals on Wednesday, but bankers said the market was not showing signs of indigestion.

Mölnlycke, the Swedish maker of wound dressings and surgical gloves, issued a €500m eight year bond on Monday, as the corporate bond market’s awakening from earnings blackouts continued apace.

Barclays and Nordea secured strong demand and tight pricing for tier two deal this week, as both banks looked to capitalise on positive investor sentiment. Their success had market participants expecting further supply.

Market sentiment improved towards the back of last week when some pipelined deals burst into the market, and that sentiment has continued to improve in the early throes of this week.

Finnish real estate company Sponda has signed an €80m unsecured loan agreement with three banks to refinance its syndicated loan that matures this month.