Finland
Mar 13th, 2014
OP Mortgage Bank sold its first euro benchmark in almost two years on Monday, a Eu1bn seven year issue, but an OP-Pohjola official said that the market would not have to wait so long until its next deal.
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Tags: Finland, OP Mortgage Bank, OP-Pohjola, Pohjola, Pohjola Bank
Feb 27th, 2014
Pohjola Bank priced a Eu1.5bn dual tranche senior unsecured deal on Monday that comprised a fixed rate issue in the seven year “sweet spot”, but FIG flow activity was otherwise limited this week.
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Tags: Finland, OP-Pohjola, Pohjola, Pohjola Bank, Swedbank
Feb 6th, 2014
Finland’s OP-Pohjola Group is seeking to fully acquire Pohjola Bank, having today (Thursday) announced a tender offer for all the shares of the bank that it does not already own.
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Tags: Finland, Finnish, OP-Pohjola, Pohjola
Oct 17th, 2013
Finland’s savings and cooperative banking groups are exploring covered bonds as a funding tool, although no decisions have been made, representatives of the banks told Nordic FIs & Covered.
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Tags: Aktia, Aktia REMB, cooperative banks, Finland, POP Pankii, Säästöpankki, savings banks
Oct 3rd, 2013
Aktia Bank priced its first public fixed rate senior unsecured transaction yesterday (Wednesday), a Eu300m four year deal that was well received despite Italian and US politics having cast a shadow over markets this week.
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Tags: Aktia, Aktia Bank, Finland
Aug 22nd, 2013
Nordea Bank Finland reopened the euro benchmark covered bond market with the first such trade since the end of July on Tuesday, issuing a Eu1.5bn five year transaction, while Sparebanken Vest has announced a euro roadshow mandate.
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Tags: Nordea Bank Finland, Sparebanken Vest Boligkreditt
Jun 20th, 2013
Pohjola Bank priced its debut Samurai issue on Wednesday, a ¥30bn (Eu235m) three tranche deal, which the group’s head of funding said marked the beginning of a long term presence that made the work on setting up the programme worthwhile.
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Tags: Finland, Pohjola Bank, Samurai, Svenska Handelsbanken
Jun 13th, 2013
Svenska Handelsbanken is set to become the third Nordic issuer to tap the Samurai market within the space of a month, with soft marketing for the Swedish bank’s debut, senior unsecured issue expected to start tomorrow (Friday).
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Tags: Finland, Finnish, Japan, Pohjola, Samurai, senior unsecured, Svenska Handelsbanken, Sweden, Swedish
Jun 6th, 2013
Pohjola Bank is set to launch its first Samurai issue in the coming weeks, with the Finnish issuer having visited Japan for a deal-related roadshow ahead of the planned senior unsecured transaction.
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Tags: Finland, Finnish, OP Mortgage Bank, OP-Pohjola, Pohjola, senior unsecured
May 9th, 2013
Nordic issuers Pohjola Bank and Nordea tapped into a global rally to price senior unsecured issues in the euro and dollar markets, respectively, on Tuesday, with each achieving attractive levels, according to lead syndicate officials.
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Tags: Finland, Finnish, Nordea, OP-Pohjola, Pohjola