
Through our lending, we provide conditions for Swedish
municipalities and regions to invest cost-efciently in wel-
fare. Since the nancial crisis in –, Kommun-
invest’s share of the local government sector’s funding has
increased sharply. Today, we account for more than half of
total borrowing. The explanation is that an increasing num-
ber of municipalities and regions have joined as members,
and that our growing economies of scale and regulatory
development have made it increasingly difcult for banks
and other nancial institutions to compete with our favour-
able credit terms.
1. Funding
Kommuninvest raises funds on an ongoing basis, both in
Sweden and in the international capital market. The local
government sector’s inherent stability, combined with our
members’ joint and several guarantee of Kommuninvest’s
commitments, means our repayment capacity is deemed
highly secure. From a credit risk perspective, Kommunin-
vest’s funding is regarded as equivalent to the Swedish cen-
tral government’s funding. The low risk, combined with
Kommuninvest’s history and good reputation in the capital
market, affords us access to nanciers who generally lend
tous on benecial terms. To be able to meet our members’
credit requirements, even when the markets are uneasy,
wealways maintain liquidity in reserve.
2. Loan application and credit check
When one of Kommuninvest’s customers decides to borrow
money for one or more investments, the municipality or the
region contacts Kommuninvest to apply for a loan. Normally,
our lending is not tied to any specic purpose and, in accord-
ance with the Swedish principle of municipal and regional
self-government, borrowers need not account for how the
money will be used.
As we know our members well, we generally have a good
knowledge of their nancial situation. We provide credit
based on lending frameworks and credit decisions. The lend-
ing limits determine how much we can lend to the relevant
municipal/regional group before an in-depth analysis needs
to be carried out. These should not be seen as xed long-term
ceilings, but are part of a continuous and active credit pro-
cess. Credit decisions are to be kept within these limits.
3. Green Loans and Social Sustainability Loans
Kommuninvest runs two sustainable nancing programmes.
These are designed to foster local and regional sustainability
efforts. Green Loans are provided for environmental and cli-
mate initiatives, while Social Sustainability Loans are pro-
vide for social initiatives. For municipalities and regions to
be granted loans within these programmes, the investment
projects concerned must meet predetermined criteria and be
included in one of the dened project categories. Loan appli-
cations are examined by the Environment Committee or the
Social Sustainability Committee, as relevant. In turn, Kom-
muninvest’s sustainable lending is nanced by issuing special
bonds that are acquired by Swedish and international inves-
tors. To date, a large number of Green Bonds have been
issued. Social bonds will be issued when the lending volume
has grown sufciently large.
4. Disbursement of loans
Because we know our members well and apply fast, efcient
and highly digitalised credit provision, it takes only a short
time between the customer’s initiative and the disbursement
of the loan. Whether it concerns a Green Loan or a Social
Sustainability Loan, we handle the specic administration
and documentation required to operate sustainable nancing
programmes – such as for external review and for the report-
ing of the impact to investors.
5–6. Advice and debt management through KI Finans
Throughout the term of the loan, the borrower is in continu-
ous contact with our nancial advisers and has access to all
of Kommuninvest’s combined expertise. In the web-based
nancial management service Finans, customers’ nance
ofcers have access to transaction management, analysis and
reporting of liabilities and assets.
How Kommuninvest
helps build welfare
Kommuninvest accounts for most of the loan financing for
the local government sector’s investments. This applies to housing, schools,
nursing homes, swimming pools and infrastructure, among other things.
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