KLP Boligkreditt issued its first covered bond on 5 September, a Nkr500m (Eu60m) five year floating rate note, and an official at KLP Banken said that a next covered bond issue is already being worked on, with Nkr5bn expected by the end of 2015.

Norway’s KLP Boligkreditt is close to making its covered bond debut, with a domestic issue targeted for launch this month, according to an official at the issuer, after Moody’s yesterday (Wednesday) assigned a provisional rating to the covered bonds.

Norway’s KLP Banken is eyeing a first mortgage-backed covered bond issue out of new entity KLP Boligkreditt in the coming months, after having received approval for the specialist institution from the Norwegian FSA (Finanstilsynet) last month.