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Mar 13th, 2015
Nordea Bank Finland drew over Eu4.25bn of demand for a dual-tranche, 5.25 and 12 year, deal on Tuesday that, at Eu2bn, is the largest covered bond issue since November and the first dual-tranche benchmark to have both tranches pricing through swaps.
Posted in Finland
Tags: covered bond, Finland, Finnish, Nordea Bank Finland, Sweden, Swedish
Feb 27th, 2015
Negative interest rates will squeeze Swedish banks’ margins and reduce their profitability, Moody’s said on Monday, after Sweden’s central bank reduced its repo rate from 0.0% to negative 0.10% on February 12.
Posted in Sweden
Tags: Moody's, Sweden, Swedish
Feb 13th, 2015
A partial waiver from certain CRR requirements proposed by the Swedish FSA to reduce concentration risk would be credit positive for Swedish covered bonds, according to Moody’s, as it would allow programmes to maintain protections against market risks.
Posted in Sweden
Tags: covered bond, CRR, Moody's, Sweden, Swedish, waiver
Jan 9th, 2015
The Swedish FSA is implementing a partial waiver from the application of CRR covered bond requirements that could cause concentration risk after the European Banking Authority agreed that a similar move in Denmark is justified.
Posted in Denmark
Tags: Danish, Denmark, EBA, Sweden, Swedish
Jan 9th, 2015
Swedish house prices could fall in 2015 against a backdrop of stricter amortisation requirements and Europe’s deteriorating economic outlook, but Swedish covered bond ratings would likely prove resilient even if prices fell by 30%, Standard & Poor’s said yesterday (Wednesday).
Posted in Sweden
Tags: S&P, Standard & Poor's, Sweden, Swedish
Nov 21st, 2014
Swedish FSA proposals that new mortgage loans be amortised down to 50% of a property’s value according to a specified schedule would be credit positive for banks and covered bonds, according to Moody’s, but an industry representative suggested that implementation will be difficult.
Posted in Sweden
Tags: Finansinspektionen, FSA< amortisation, mortgages, Sweden, Swedish
Nov 14th, 2014
SEB reopened the AT1 market on Thursday of last week (6 November), pricing a debut $1.1bn (Eu883m, Skr8.17bn) perpetual non-call 5.5 issue with a coupon of 5.75% in the first European bank AT1 supply since a deal for fellow Swede Nordea on 17 September.
Posted in Sweden
Tags: AT1, SEB, Sweden, Swedish
Nov 6th, 2014
Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (SEB) is expected to launch its first Additional Tier 1 (AT1) issue shortly, in the US dollar market, after having begun a roadshow on Monday.
Posted in Sweden
Tags: AT1, Coco, SEB, Sweden, Swedish
Oct 24th, 2014
Standard & Poor’s said on Tuesday that a Swedish Bankers’ Association proposal to suggest a reduction in the required level of amortisation to a 50% LTV ratio could help reduce asset-liability mismatch (ALMM) risk in covered bond programmes, but highlighted that issuers have already reduced this since 2008 by extending the duration of their funding.
Posted in Sweden
Tags: amortisation, S&P, Sveriges Riksbank, Sweden, Swedish, Swedish Bankers' Association
Oct 17th, 2014
Amortisation of new mortgage loans down to 50% of a property’s value in line with a Swedish Bankers’ Association recommendation on Tuesday of last week (7 October) would be beneficial, according to Moody’s, while an analyst suggested it could head off further binding measures from Sweden’s authorities.
Posted in Sweden
Tags: amortisation, Moody's, Svenska Bankforeningen, Sweden, Swedish, Swedish Bankers' Association