Press Releases from Islandsbanki (4 total)
direct/ Islandsbanki (IS) - Islandsbanki acquires the brokerage firm Norse
Reykjavik/Oslo - November 24, 2005: Íslandsbanki hf., Reykjavik, has today signed a letter of intent to buy all shares in Norse Securities ASA and Norse Kapitalforvaltning AS, thereby acquiring a foothold in the Norwegian securities brokerage sector. "Entry into the securities market and the brokerage sector has been our stated goal since acquiring KredittBanken in 2004 and BNbank in 2005. Norse has an impressive customer base, strong management and talented…
direct/Íslandsbanki hf (NO) - Islandsbanki leads new long-term credit facility …
Islandsbanki leads new long-term credit facility for Havila Shipping ASA
Oslo/Aalesund/Reykjavik - Havila Shipping ASA ("Havila") and Islandsbanki ("ISB") announced today that Havila has obtained approximately NOK 250 million for 5 years from the Icelandic bond market, in an issue managed by ISB in Reykjavik and KredittBanken Aalesund in Norway. The bonds were issued as part of Havila´s strategy to continue to diversify its debt profile and access longer-term debt, which…
Islandsbanki - ISB leads new long-term credit facility for Clearwater Seafoods
ISB leads new long-term credit facility for Clearwater Seafoods
Clearwater Seafoods Income Fund (the "Fund") and Íslandsbanki (ISB) announced today that the Fund´s subsidiary, Clearwater Seafoods Limited Partnership ("Clearwater"), has obtained approximately Canadian $48 million for 5 years from the Icelandic bond market, in an issue managed by ISB. The bonds were issued as part of Clearwater´s strategy to continue to diversify its debt profile and access longer-term debt.
The bonds…
Islandsbanki - Islandsbanki´s first Global bond issue
Islandsbanki´s first Global bond issue
Islandsbanki has concluded the sale of a USD 1.05 billion bond offering. The issue was lead managed by joint bookrunners Deutsche Bank, JP Morgan Securities and Nomura Securities and is the Bank´s first bond issue in Global / US 144a format.
Islandsbanki puts great emphasis on the diversification of its investor base and this transaction saw 40% distribution into US investors. Placing bonds for the…
