SR-Boligkredit sold a €750m (NOK6.97bn) long five year issue on Wednesday that bankers, citing a slim new issue premium, described as its best deal to date after a lacklustre result in January, with the new issue having been boosted by a comprehensive roadshow.

SR-Boligkreditt issued its first covered bond yesterday (Thursday), a Nkr2bn (Eu229m) five year deal that an official at the issuer said represented a decent start to its issuance, even if the pricing was marginally wider than expected amid a volatile market.

SpareBank 1 SR-Bank is planning a debut, domestic covered bond through new 100% subsidiary SR-Boligkreditt later this month or early June ahead of potential international issuance, as it shifts away from SpareBank 1 Boligkreditt (SpaBol) to optimise funding and for regulatory reasons.

Members of the SpareBank 1 alliance in Norway are setting up their own covered bond issuers as a back-up to SpareBank 1 Boligkreditt (SpaBol) because of large exposure limit regulation.

SpareBank 1 SR Bank sold a Eu750m seven year senior unsecured issue yesterday (Thursday), the Norwegian bank’s largest euro benchmark and a deal that adds a new longest dated point to its curve.

Svenska Handelsbanken re-opened the FIG flow primary market after a summer lull with a strong Eu1.25bn seven year senior unsecured transaction on Monday, paving the way for a flurry of issuance from its Nordic peers.

Norway’s SpareBank 1 SR Bank sold the first public Nordic euro senior unsecured issue of the year on Monday, a Eu500m seven year deal that is the issuer’s longest benchmark in euros, and SpareBank 1 SMN has announced a roadshow mandate.