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Oslo-listed oil and gas exploration firm Aker BP raised Nkr4.1bn ($500m) through an accelerated bookbuild, to fund its acquisition of Hess Norge, the owner of two Norwegian oil fields.

Norwegian financial institution Komplett Bank is looking to place up to Nkr1.03bn ($126.58m) in an initial public offering (IPO), combining primary and secondary placements on the Oslo Stock Exchange (OSE).

Finnish property company, Mercada, was a lone issuer in the corporate bond market on Monday. Its €175m five year deal q was printed while issuers that completed roadshows last week paused.

Shares in Terveystalo Healthcare, the Finnish private healthcare business owned by EQT Partners, rose 7% on Wednesday morning after they began trading in Helsinki. The company's IPO closed a day early due to the strength of demand.

Borr Drilling, a Bermuda-registered, Oslo-headquartered offshore oil drilling company, has raised $650m with a 51% capital increase that was placed in an accelerated way on Friday evening.

Three sub-investment grade borrowers printed deals in the high yield corporate bond market on Thursday using different tenors to raise a combined €1.06bn.

Aside from the leveraged deals for Stada and Miller Homes, three sub-investment grade borrowers printed deals in the high yield corporate bond market on Thursday. The three issuers all used different tenors to raise a combined €1.06bn.

Guarantor: Swedish local government members

Kommuninvest kept up this week’s trend for tightly priced short end dollar deals as it achieved its tightest ever spread to swaps on Thursday. Big demand for short dollar paper is creating a “bid-only” market, according to bankers.

Kommuninvest is set to complete a trio of three year dollar benchmarks from SSAs this week, after Nordic Investment Bank comfortably priced in the tenor on Wednesday.

A group of Nordic public sector issuers are preparing a “practical guide on impact reporting” in the green bond market. While the initial aim is to assist Nordic borrowers in the public and private spheres, the authors hope that it could prove useful for issuers from other countries too.

One of the public sector bond market's best known and liked heads of funding has quit the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to join SEB.