Swedbank's first senior unsecured bond issue under the Swedish state's guarantee scheme

Swedbank has today issued a 3 year senior unsecured bond with a fixed interest rate under the Swedish government's guarantee scheme. A total of EUR 2 000 m has been raised, the bond is denominated in EUR. The rate was set to 3.625% which corresponds to about 35 bp above mid swap (EUR).

The transaction is priced somewhat higher than bonds under the British government's guarantee. The difference reflects the CDS spread between the sovereigns. The price level, including the fee to the Swedish state of 83 bp, is substantially bellow indicative non-guaranteed level.

“A successful transaction and the interest from investors has been high. We have not seen any public senior unsecured bond issues from Swedish banks in the international market since mid September. It is currently very hard to raise this kind of funding without a state guarantee.” says Mikael Edler, Head of Treasury at Swedbank.


Further information, please contact:’
Mikael Edler, Head of Treasury, Swedbank, phone: +46 70 341 73 90
Thomas Backteman, Acting Head of Communications and IR, Swedbank, phone: +46 708 311 166
Anna Sundblad, Press Manager, Swedbank, phone: +46 70 321 39 95