Nordics
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Public sector issuers navigated a choppy start to the week to print strong dollar trades, but some SSA bankers worry that the problems that brought that early volatility are far from resolved. -
Three Swedish banks were busy in the preferred senior market this week, with SBAB Bank and Svenska Handelsbanken pricing new deals and Länsförsäkringar Bank (LF Bank) lining up for its debut.
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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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A pair of issuers sold high quality euro deals into an eager market on Wednesday, drawing praise from onlookers for impressive books.
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Kommunalbanken made what bankers away from the trade described as an “excellent” choice of tenor with a dollar benchmark on Wednesday as it tightened pricing from guidance — something that not every issuer has been able to achieve in the currency over the last two weeks. Meanwhile, a Japanese issuer mandated for a trade that bankers expect to go well despite geopolitical tensions in Asia.
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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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The European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) picked up €2bn with a 23 year bond on Tuesday, paving the way for other top-flight borrowers to bring their own euro deals.
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Kommunalbanken will bring a dollar benchmark in a defensive tenor on Wednesday, which a banker on the deal said is the perfect product for investors amid rising geopolitical tensions. The trade also offers an attractive spread over US Treasuries, the banker added, despite a tightening in swap spreads — although other bankers said that tightening meant larger issuers should consider longer dated deals.
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Low-cost telecoms firm Lebara broke a two week silence in the euro high yield market with its first bond.
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Two holidays and September’s European Central Bank meeting will mean the next two weeks will offer short windows for issuance, but the success of the two deals that priced this week will inspire corporate bond issuers looking at the market.
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