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Intesa Sanpaolo has issued its first senior non-preferred deal, making use of investors' optimism about the new prime minister Mario Draghi to bring this eagerly anticipated transaction to the market. DNB Bank also chose Wednesday for its own debut in the format.

DNB Boligkreditt issued a covered bond on Thursday that became its most oversubscribed covered bond ever, equalling the bank’s biggest ever order book. The deal, secured on green mortgages, was priced through its vanilla curve, clearly demonstrating the demand for covered bonds.

Samhällsbyggnadsbolaget i Norden (SBB), the Swedish social housing company, ploughed through fair value on Tuesday with a debut social bond and return to the hybrid market, as tightening spreads encourage investors to keep their wallets open deeper into December.

Samhallsbyggnadsbolaget i Norden (SBB), the Swedish social property company, has hired banks for €1bn of new deals made up of a hybrid note and debut social bond, as risk appetite remains strong even heading into the middle of December.

The UK’s SSE Renewables and Norway’s Equinor, two energy companies, have signed what lenders say is the largest ever offshore wind project financing, a £5.5bn package for a wind farm off the UK coast.

The IPO of Nordnet, the Swedish digital bank and investment management platform, is due to be priced at Skr96, the midpoint of the initial range, when bookbuilding ends on Monday.

Euronav, the Belgium based crude oil tanker company, has signed a $713m loan package, as the sector outlook turns bleak after a strong start to the year because of an overproduction of oil.

Millicom International Cellular, the Luxembourg-headquartered telecoms company, has refinanced its main bank credit line with one linked to environmental, social and governance metrics. It claims this is one of the first such deals for Latin America through its reach into the region.

DNB Boligkreditt on Thursday issued its first euro covered bond since January 2019 in large size, pricing inside its own curve — once again underscoring the strong technical backdrop to the market.

Nordic Semiconductor, the Norwegian maker of semiconductors, has completed an Nkr1.1bn ($125m) growth capital raising to fund M&A opportunities and an acceleration of its growth strategy.

DNB Boligkreditt did not waste any time waiting to tap its covered bond first issued last week, raising a further Skr500m on Thursday in order to capitalise on the attractiveness of the Swedish krona compared with other currencies.

DNB issued a Swedish krona covered bond on Thursday in a size large enough to qualify for the best treatment under the liquidity coverage ratio (LCR) and at a more competitive funding level than was available elsewhere. The deal was issued amid renewed hope that Nordic issuers will stay active in euro covered bonds this year.