The Netherlands

Covered bond primary activity slowed this week with just two €500m seven year trades emerging from banks in the Netherlands and Italy.

Asia's debt market was crowded on Wednesday with three issuers on the hunt for their respective fundraisings ahead of the Easter holiday.

Sequa Petroleum, the unrated company listed on the Euronext Marché Libre, announced guidance for its $200m secured notes with a double digit yield, a level not seen in the high yield market for more than a year.

Van Lanschot Bankiers managed a smooth execution for its second ever covered bond deal on Tuesday, a transaction that was at risk of being postponed after attacks in Brussels.

ABN Amro is set to launch its second Basel III tier two trade in as many weeks and this time is opting for a Singapore dollar-denominated transaction.

Two block trades have been launched in Europe this evening (Monday March 21), in shares of Iren, the Italian multi-utility group, and IMCD, the Dutch speciality chemicals distribution company. While IMCD has been the subject of three previous block trades, there have been none in Iren, according to Dealogic.

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.