Sweden
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SSA issuers are readying themselves for a busy 2016 after the Fed eased the markets into a higher rates environment on Thursday. -
Loans are the last bastion of European corporate finance activity, as the rest of the market falls to Federal Reserve trepidation. But the right message from the Fed could open the door for small, opportunistic trades.
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The council of Stockholm County, Stockholms läns landsting (SLL), signed the first ever green revolving credit facility on Friday, adding to the pair of green bonds it previously issued.
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Kommuninvest is set for a hefty increase in its funding target next year — which could include a long awaited debut green bond during the first quarter.
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General Electric has terminated an agreement to sell its appliance business to Swedish household appliance producer Electrolux, toasting bankers' plans to provide bridge financing.
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Scandic Hotels, the largest Nordic hotel operator, has made a limp start to trading on Nasdaq Stockholm after its Skr3bn (€326m) IPO.
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TeliaSonera, the Swedish telecoms firm, returned to the Norwegian krone bond market with a 15 year note on Tuesday, its second outing in the currency this year.
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Attendo, the Swedish healthcare provider, leapt up 46% in the first few minutes of trading on Monday morning, after its Skr4.33bn (€467m) Stockholm IPO, whose bookbuild ended on Friday, well oversubscribed.
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Attendo, the Swedish healthcare provider, was expected to stop taking orders for its Stockholm initial public offering on Friday November 27, having achieved a heavily oversubscribed book.
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Swedbank printed the tightest fixed rate senior bond in several months this week, but FIG bankers are split on whether banks can be drawn away from covered bond funding next year as bail-in uncertainty continues to dog the asset class.
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SKF, the Swedish ball bearing maker, won a €2.2bn order book on Tuesday for a €500m no-grow bond, issued to partly fund a tender offer for older notes.
