Press release -
Kommuninvest publishes updated funding forecast for 2019
Kommuninvest, the Swedish local government funding agency, has published an updated funding forecast for the 2019 calendar year, for funding longer than 1-year duration. The forecast is revised upwards to SEK 120-140 billion (USD 13-15 billion), due to continued solid lending growth.
Continued good demand for Green Loans from Kommuninvest’s members means that Kommuninvest reaffirms its expectation to increase green bonds issuance from one to two times a year to up to once a quarter. As of 30 June, Kommuninvest had borrowed the equivalent of SEK 75 billion in long-term funding.
Long-term funding will continue to have a focus on benchmark funding in SEK and USD, including green funding, as well as Uridashi funding in the Japanese market.
Of the SEK 640 billion in Swedish municipal sector external loan debt, more than half is currently financed via Kommuninvest. Kommuninvest continues to grow as a result of a larger market share and the increased welfare investments by Swedish municipalities and regions.
For further information
Christian Ragnartz, Head of Debt Management, tel: +46 706 073 834, e-mail: christian.ragnartz@kommuninvest.se
Björn Bergstrand, Head of Media Relations, +46 708 869 476, e-mail: bjorn.bergstrand@kommuninvest.se
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Kommuninvest is a municipal cooperation for efficient and sustainable financing of housing, infrastructure, schools, hospitals etc. Together, we get better loan terms than each one individually. Since its inception in 1986, the Kommuninvest collaboration has helped lower the local government sector’s borrowing costs by many billion kronor. Currently, 289 municipalities and regions are members of this voluntary cooperation. With total assets exceeding SEK 400 billion (USD ~41 billion), Kommuninvest is the largest lender to the local government sector and one of the ten largest credit institution in Sweden. The head office is located in Örebro.
