The Netherlands

Nederlandse Waterschapsbank pushed its dollar curve out to 10 years on Friday with its third green bond.

Kommuninvest’s long-awaited first foray into the green bond market was finally priced on Wednesday and Municipality Finance plans to follow with a green debut of its own later this year. Kommuninvest’s deal came just two days ahead of NWB Bank’s 10 year dollar deal which opens books on Friday.

Nederlandse Waterschapsbank has mandated four banks for a 10 year green benchmark in dollars, following BNG's 10 year dollar deal on March 10.

ABN Amro became the first foreign lender to issue a tier two bond in Taiwan’s Formosa market following a change in rules at the start of the year.

Delta Lloyd, the Dutch insurance firm, received shareholder approval on Wednesday for a rights issue to strengthen its solvency, after a bitter fight with some of its investors, who publicly criticised the planned deal.

Dutch-registered oil company Sequa Petroleum on Wednesday announced plans to offer a new secured bond in the Nordic market, to finance its purchase of a 15% stake in Statoil’s Gina Krog field development.

Delta Lloyd’s largest shareholder continues to oppose the Dutch insurance company’s planned rights issue, which it said on Monday was “massively dilutive” and would “unnecessarily overcapitalise the company at the expense of shareholders”.

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Delight spread through Europe's high yield market on Thursday afternoon, as LeasePlan, the Dutch car finance bank that had ignominiously pulled a €1.55bn LBO financing in February, succeeded in pricing the deal on its second attempt, writes Victor Jimenez.

Van Lanschot Bankiers mandated leads for a roadshow with a view to issuing a euro denominated conditional pass through benchmark.

The European high yield market experienced a flush of hope on Wednesday as LeasePlan, the Dutch car finance bank, returned with the €1.55bn bond funding for its LBO, which it had pulled in February.

A funding veteran at a European agency has swapped jobs with a person from the issuer’s treasury team.