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.

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.

SpareBank 1 SR Bank and SEB took advantage of strong market conditions and compressed spreads to tap the euro senior unsecured market this week, while Nordea Bank made the most of a good issuance opportunity in sterling.