Sweden
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Appetite for quality dollar issuance is strong as 10 year Treasury yields hover above 2.54%, prompting two borrowers to hit screens on Monday with dollar benchmarks. -
Issuers printed a slew of benchmarks in dollars, euros and sterling last week as the SSA market roared into action. Read on to see whether the first deals of the year won favour with our voters.
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Expectations that Sweden will issue a sovereign green bond have risen, as a government inquiry this week recommended the idea.
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The dollar bond market has been thoroughly supportive of this week’s SSA borrowers, but none more so than Sweden, which pulled in its biggest order book ever for its first deal of 2018.
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The sterling covered bond market enjoyed a strong start to the year, with four issuers raising a collective £3.7bn. Barclays priced the first deal of the year, which also happened to be one of the longest and largest.
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The dollar market has been thoroughly supportive of this week’s SSA borrowers, but none more so than Sweden, which pulled in its biggest order book ever for its first deal of 2018.
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The dollar market is poised to get off to a flying start to the year in the Nordic region, which hosts all three of this week's scheduled dollar borrowers.
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Sweden’s finance ministry is expected to receive in early January the report of a special commission it set up a year ago to consider how to promote green bonds, including the merits of the Swedish government issuing one.
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Kommuninvest will have a larger funding need next year than in 2017, as the Swedish agency revised down its expected funding for this year.
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Euro high yield bond buyers caught sight of a rare two digit coupon this week. Perstorp, the Swedish speciality chemicals group, priced its subordinated note with a 10% coupon.
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Skanska, the Swedish construction and property development company that is a leader in green building, has signed a €200m green revolving facility with four of its relationship banks.
