Nykredit Realkredit launched an inaugural senior unsecured Eu500m five year floating rate note on Tuesday, the first time the Danish financial group has issued a euro senior unsecured instrument out of its mortgage credit institution rather than Nykredit Bank.
Nordea Kredit wrapped up three days of refinancing auctions of adjustable rate mortgage (ARM) bonds today (Thursday), while BRFkredit and Nykredit have one day left, with “extreme” spread stability to slight tightening and curve flattening flagged as notable aspects of the sales.
Nykredit Realkredit got the new Danish auction season off to a flying start on Monday morning when its opening, Dkr7bn (Eu939m) sale of one year ARM bonds attracted some Dkr27.9bn of bids and achieved a level inside expectations, and the following auctions unfolded in the same vein.
Nykredit Realkredit will kick off Danish mortgage credit institutions’ October refinancing auctions on Monday, for which BRFkredit and DLR Kredit today (Thursday) announced expected supply figures, with analysts noting a shift away from one year ARM bonds.
Nykredit sold some Dkr13bn (Eu1.74bn) of one year ARM bonds this week in the first auctions of covered bonds that feature maturity extension triggers in accordance with new legislation, and market participants said the auctions, although small, show demand to be largely unaffected by the changes.
Nykredit Realkredit launched the first Tier 2 CoCo out of Denmark on Friday, a Eu600m (Dkr4.48bn) 22 year non-call seven transaction that was five times oversubscribed.
Nykredit Realkredit sold its tightest syndicated Swedish krona covered bond today (Thursday), a Skr5.5bn (Eu614m, Dkr4.58bn) one year issue, after on Monday kicking off the latest round of auctions for refinancing of ARM bonds.
Realkredit Danmark released its 2013 full year results on Friday, reporting a Dkr158m increase in net profit to Dkr2.612bn (Eu350m), up 6% compared with 2012. It said that this captures a positive trend in core activities as well as higher funding costs and higher impairments.
DLR Kredit and Nykredit Realkredit wrapped up November auctions for the refinancing of their ARM bonds yesterday (Wednesday), with officials at both institutions highlighting the high quality of bidding.
Nykredit Realkredit priced its second euro senior secured deal of the year on Tuesday, a Eu500m long five year that an official at the issuer said went well, drawing more than Eu800m of demand and performing after pricing.