News labeled bonds:

Corporate bonds issued by solid companies are emerging as the safer choice for investors in today’s turbulent market. “In some cases it is better to own corporate bonds issued by companies with stable sales than government bonds issued by countries with weak tax bases and rising expenditures,” SEB’s analysts state in the December Investment Outlook. Hans Peterson, global head of Investment Strategy within SEB’s Private Banking business, discusses investment options in this short video (4:25).

Being the only bank invited to speak at a Green Bond Summit in the US shows great respect for SEB's knowledge and expertise in this field, says Green Bond initiator Christopher Flensborg. SEB shares the stage at key green bond event.

CEBS published results from stress tests for banks in the European Union Friday. “These stress tests, like those performed by Swedish authorities, confirm SEB’s strong capitalisation,” says Anders Kvist, head of Group Treasury at SEB.

Signals from the corporate world continue to improve on almost all fronts. The same largely positive picture emerges if looking at recent macroeconomic data, especially from the United States. However, focusing on the debt and budget deficit situation for European sovereigns, as the market has done over the last quarter, the picture is fairly bleak. Focusing on global risk appetite and political risks, the picture looks even worse. Read the latest issue of SEB's Nordic Credit Quarterly to find out more.

SEB was again sole lead manager when a 200 million dollar fixed-rate, four-year green bond was recently issued, this time in cooperation with World Bank subsidiary International Finance Corporation (IFC).

SEB last week arranged a seminar about green bonds in London that drew about 60 investors, advisors as well as representatives from environmental organisations and authorities.