Special Reports
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Markets: SSA, FIG, Covered Bonds, Corporate Bonds, SRI/Green Bonds, Syndicated Loans, LevFin, Emerging Markets, Equity, Asia, Swiss Francs
Persistent inflation, interest rate volatility and geopolitical tensions have all had a negative impact on credit growth in the Nordic region in the first half of 2026. However, the capital markets have shown resilience, and issuers have had to show flexibility and agility in the timing of deals. At the same time, they have stepped up their contact with investors, including from new locations such as Asia. On top of turmoil in the markets, banks await to hear what the EU’s plans for regulatory simplification mean for them.
For this Nordic Bank Capital Roundtable, GlobalCapital brought together a group of the region’s capital markets bankers, bank executives and treasury specialists to describe their funding plans for 2026, how they see the capital markets shaping up over the next 12 months, and why investors see Nordic bank bonds as safe investments.
Roundtable participants
| Kerstin Ahlqvist, head of long term funding and sustainability, Swedbank |
| Morten Baekmand Nielsen, head of investor relations, Nykredit |
| Helena Colling, bond syndicate manager, SEB |
| Kapil Damani, head of bank capital, DCM — capital and financing, ABN AMRO |
| Dag Hjelle, head of treasury, SpareBank 1 Sør-Norge |
| Ellert Hlöðversson, chief financial officer, Islandsbanki |
| Jan-Joost Leusveld, head of DCM secured debt, ABN AMRO |
| Petra Mellor, head of bank debt, long term funding, Nordea |
| David Rostedt, DCM credit research analyst, SEB |
| Moderator: Atanas Dinov, FIG editor, GlobalCapital |
