Denmark

On Wednesday morning, it was doom and gloom as secondary spreads had widened and only Vodafone dipped its toe into new issuance waters. But after a stable afternoon and a positive session in the US, Thursday morning brought calm.

Danish power company Ørsted has wasted no time in issuing under its new name after leaving the Dong Energy brand behind earlier in November. On Thursday the issuer sold a green hybrid and a green senior bond, as well as announcing a tender offer for its shorter dated bonds.

Danske Bank extended its covered bond maturity curve by more than five years on Tuesday, breaking with tradition to price in line with where SEB recently issued.

A rush of consolidation has swept through Europe’s payments processing industry in the past six months and the financing for two of the deals, the acquisitions of Nets and Paysafe, hit the leveraged finance market this week.

TCM Group, Scandinavia's third largest kitchen and bathroom furniture maker, has opened the books for its Nasdaq Copenhagen IPO of Dkr630m (€85m) to Dkr735m (€99m).

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KommuneKredit and Erste Abwicklungsanstalt rounded out this week’s dollar issuance in what has become typical fashion for trades over the last few days — oversubscribed books and tightened pricing. But KommuneKredit’s deal featured a novel aspect that SSA bankers hope other issuers will embrace.

There were several large equity block trades on Wednesday night this week, including a rare sale of shares in one of Russia’s biggest steel companies.

The SSA dollar juggernaut is set to roll into a third day, with two deals on screens for Thursday’s business. Investor appetite shows no sign of letting up, as the two deals priced on Wednesday drew large books — as was seen with a host of trades a day earlier.

Investors looking forward to the prospect of a jumbo Nordic banking IPO were disappointed on Tuesday when Nykredit, the biggest mortgage lender in Denmark, announced that it plans to cancel its IPO on Nasdaq Copenhagen in favour of a private sale to five Danish pension funds.

Orphazyme, a Danish biotechnology company, has revealed the terms for its IPO on Nasdaq Copenhagen.

TCM Group, a Danish maker of kitchens and bathroom furniture, plans to list on Nasdaq Copenhagen this autumn.