(IN BRIEF) The Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) has signed a SEK 700 million loan agreement with Hemsö Fastighets AB to finance several projects in Sweden and Finland, including the refurbishment of educational buildings in Helsinki and Turku and the construction … Read the full press release
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(IN BRIEF) The Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) has begun 2025 with a successful series of funding issuances, including a GBP 500 million bond and a NOK 2 billion environmental bond (NEB). This follows a record-setting 2024, in which NIB raised … Read the full press release
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(IN BRIEF) Hilde Kjelsberg, the Chief Risk Officer at the Nordic Investment Bank, will retire after nearly two decades of service. She has been instrumental in modernizing the bank’s risk and compliance functions. NIB has begun the process of finding … Read the full press release
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Tagged André Küüsvek, appointment, Chief Risk Officer, Hilde Kjelsberg, leadership, Nordic Investment Bank, retirement
(IN BRIEF) The Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) has finalized a SEK 280 million (approx. EUR 24 million) five-year loan agreement with EcoDC AB (EcoDataCenter) to support the expansion of its Falun data centre in Sweden. This funding will enable EcoDataCenter … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, Finland, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Sweden, Technology, Telecom
Tagged André Küüsvek, Areim, artificial intelligence (AI), CHP, data infrastructure, digitalisation, EcoDataCenter, EcoDC AB, Falun data centre, NIB, Nordic Investment Bank, Peter Michelson, renewable energy, sustainable data centre solutions, Sweden
(IN BRIEF) The Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) has finalized a EUR 125 million 8-year loan agreement with Finnish company Valmet Oyj to support its research and development (R&D) initiatives in Finland and Sweden from 2023 to 2025. Valmet, a global … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Environment, Financial, Finland, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, News, Sweden, Technology
Tagged André Küüsvek, INNOVATION, Janne Pynnönen, Nordic Investment Bank, partnership, sustainability, Sweden, Valmet Oyj
(IN BRIEF) The Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) has entered a 7-year loan agreement with Arva AS, a Norwegian distribution grid operator, to bolster the efficiency and resilience of the electricity distribution network in Northern Norway. Valued at NOK 500 million … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Energy, Gas & Oil, Financial, Finland, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Norway
Tagged Arctic Norway, Arild Moen, Arva AS, Bodø Energi, charging infrastructure, credit rating, economic growth, Electricity distribution network, Electrification of society, financial institution, Grid efficiency, Grid resiliency, Infrastructure refurbishment, Investment programme, Moody’s, NIB, Nordic Investment Bank, Patrik Marckert, power lines, Public sector financing, Standard & Poor's, Sub-stations, Troms Kraft
(IN BRIEF) The Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) has inked a EUR 50 million loan agreement with Kemira Oyj, a Finnish chemicals company, to fund Kemira’s research and development endeavors from 2023 to 2026 in Espoo, Finland. The loan, spanning over … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) The Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) launched a seven-year fixed-rate EUR 500 million Environmental Bond (NEB) on January 17th, with proceeds earmarked for environmentally beneficial projects. This issuance brings NIB’s total green bond issuance for 2024 to EUR 570 … Read the full press release
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Tagged Credit Agricole CIB, Danske Bank, Emmanuel Smiecench, Environmental Bond, green bond, Gustav Landström, Jens Hellerup, Kim Skov Jensen, Lawrence Duquesne-Garner, Natixis, NEB, NEB issuance, NIB, Nordic Investment Bank, sustainable financing
(IN BRIEF) On January 15, the Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) issued a new NZD 600 million Kauri bond, reaffirming its presence in the Kauri Market and receiving recognition as the ‘Kauri Issuer of the Year’ at the KangaNews 2023 awards. … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) The Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) has entered into a 20-year EUR 70 million loan agreement with the Wellbeing Services County (WSC) of North Savo, Finland, to fund the expansion and renovation of the “Uusi Sydän” central hospital and … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) The Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) has signed a 20-year credit facility with Lithuania to co-finance the energy efficiency program for public buildings from 2023 to 2026. This financing will be used to renovate 25 public buildings, leading to … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) has agreed on a DKK 1 billion (EUR 134.4 million) loan agreement with Energinet, the Danish transmission system operator, to install 10 new substations and refurbish or upgrade 45 existing ones in Denmark between … Read the full press release
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Tagged André Küüsvek, Denmark, Energinet, Nordic Investment Bank, power grid, Torben Thyregod
(IN BRIEF) The Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) has signed a new seven-year loan agreement with Danish global hearing healthcare company Demant A/S, providing DKK 375 million (EUR 49.2 million) to finance the company’s research and development programme for the 2021-2022 … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, Finland, Healthcare, Investment, Management, News, Science, Technology
Tagged Demant, Denmark, Finland, hearing technology, Nordic Investment Bank, partnership, research and development
HELSINKI, 07-Jul-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — The Nordic Investment Bank and the Danish bioscience company Chr. Hansen Holdings A/S have signed a EUR 50 million loan for the company’s 2017–2018 R&D programme. Chr. Hansen Holding A/S’s research and development programme in 2017–2018 will focus … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Denmark, Financial, Finland, Food & Beverage, Science, Technology
Tagged bioscience, Chr. Hansen Holdings, Danish bioscience company, NIB, Nordic Investment Bank
HELSINKI, 27-Dec-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — NIB starts disclosing its purchases of green bonds. First eight transactions have been published on the Bank’s website. Information on purchases made so far is available on this page. This page has been established in the … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Finland, Investment
Tagged Green Bonds, NIB, Nordic Investment Bank
NIB has signed a 13-year-maturity loan with the Norwegian energy company Eidsiva Energi AS to finance a new biofuelled district heating plant and to upgrade an existing network. Helsinki, Finland, 8-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The loan totals EUR 27 million (NOK 226.5 … Read the full press release
NIB has signed a 10-year-maturity, EUR 50 million loan agreement with AB Litgrid for the construction of an electricity transmission line between Lithuania and Poland. The LitPol Link will be the first interconnection between the Lithuanian power system and the … Read the full press release
Helsinki, Finland, 13-3-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — In 2013, NIB recorded a profit of EUR 217 million. Despite the stagnant investment climate, NIB’s new lending reached nearly EUR 2 billion and it was allocated to projects that are relevant to the competiveness and environment of the Nordic–Baltic region. … Read the full press release
Helsinki, Finland, 13-3-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — NIB and the city of Lahti have signed a new loan agreement, totalling EUR 30 million with a tenor of 15 years, for the construction of a new bus and freight terminal and two multipurpose school … Read the full press release
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