Swedish Export Credit Corporation
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A quartet of public sector borrowers brought small dollar deals this week that were fine but unspectacular, which SSA bankers said was down to a confluence of factors. There are hopes that with the market likely quiet next week for the US mid-term elections and Federal Open Market Committee meeting, conditions could return to their best for the albeit limited funding windows left in 2018. -
Swedish Export Credit Corporation was set to price a $1bn no-grow three year global benchmark as GlobalCapital went to press on Wednesday, as the last bits of dollar supply came before an expected shutdown next week for the US mid-term elections.
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Österreichische Kontrollbank and Erste Abwicklungsanstalt priced well received dollar deals on Tuesday. The pipeline in the currency is building with Bank Nederlanse Gementeen and Swedish Export Credit Corporation having lined up three year trades.
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Two Nordic agencies have raised their funding needs for the year due to an increase in their lending activity, just as the final quarter has begun.
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The first busy week for benchmarks after the summer break returned a slew of solid scores for borrowers, with Finland’s 10 year euro deal the pick of the bunch.
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Swedish Export Credit Corporation priced a new $1bn two year deal on Thursday, joining several other issuers to sell dollar bonds this week as the market livened up.
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Big moves in US Treasury yields, swap spreads and the euro/dollar and euro/sterling basis swaps put paid to some dollar issuance this week as some borrowers held back and others tapped different currencies. But a pair of Swedish names did get deals done, and rates started to move back into more favourable areas, suggesting volumes could pick up again next week.
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Climbing US Treasury yields and tightening swap spreads are pushing out levels in dollars, but Swedish Export Credit Corporation (SEK) managed a successful three year trade — a good omen for an upcoming deal from Kommuninvest on Wednesday.
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Swedish Export Credit Corporation will bring a three week dearth of SSA dollar benchmark issuance to an end on Tuesday after mandating for a three year issue. A shift in Libor rates, swap spreads and secondary levels since the last glut of dollar supply should all make for a keenly watched trade, said bankers.
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This week's scorecard looks at the progress Nordic agencies have made in their funding programmes.
