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KommuneKredit is set to print a seven year euro deal on Wednesday, following a debut euro benchmark from Municipality Finance in the form of a €1bn October 2021 on Tuesday. -
Bank of America Merrill Lynch has hired Fredrik Reinfeldt, the former prime minister of Sweden, as senior advisor to its EMEA business.
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Humana, the Swedish care provider, had by Monday morning obtained a covered book for its initial public offering, which could total up to Skr832m ($100m).
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A Swedish agency is set to make its long awaited debut in the green bond market on March 15.
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Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten brought a 10 year dollar benchmark this week that sparked much debate about whether other issuers would be able to follow in the tenor. Although with a flurry of other trades this week, it is clear that other options are available once next week’s US Federal Reserve meeting is held.
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Humana, the care provider, announced on Thursday its intention to float in Stockholm later this month. It is the second Swedish company to launch an initial public offering in the past week.
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North Energy, the Norwegian oil and gas exploration company, signed a Nkr950m($112m) exploration financing agreement on Tuesday with two banks.
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Swedish call centre operator, Transcom Worldwide, has changed the make-up of its bank group in an otherwise straightforward refinancing deal signed on Wednesday.
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Nordea issued a notice on Friday seeking the consent of covered bond investors to agree to the terms of a deed poll and a new guarantee mechanism that will align its Finnish covered bond programme with its Danish, Norwegian and Swedish programmes. Moody’s says the proposal will not affect the credit rating.
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Swedbank kicked off what could be a wave of FIG floating rate notes priced above par this week, protecting issuers from a negative quarterly Euribor rate that the European Central Bank could force even lower next week.
