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Given coordinated efforts of the central banks and regulators, NCR believes that the COVID-19 crisis will be more about credit risk than the lack of liquidity observed during the financial crisis. covid-19

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• Read more about Svensk FastighetsFinansiering AB (publ)

Svensk FastighetsFinansiering AB (publ) (SFF) is a joint venture founded in 2014 with common stock divided equally among Fabege, Catena, Diös, Platzer and Wihlborgs. The company is a financing vehicle for its owners, issuing secured debt and green bonds for selected CRE properties associated with its owners' core business in accordance with the prospectus for its medium-term note (MTN) program. SFF is the only source of secured capital market financing for each of its owners and by pooling the assets of the owner companies provides its owners with an alternative to bank financing.

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The rating was withdrawn on 11 Dec. 2020.

In this commentary NCR describes its view of the various features of corporate hybrid instruments and explains how they affect our view on equity treatment in our corporate credit analysis.

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Today Nordic Credit Rating AS (NCR) published an update to its Rating Principles methodology. The changes have no impact on NCR's existing ratings.

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Nordic Credit Rating (NCR) believes that retail property owners in the Nordic region will face challenges

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The rating was withdrawn on 14 Oct. 2021.

NCR is now able to assign ratings to covered bond instruments.

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Nordic niche banks focusing on unsecured consumer lending have recently encountered headwinds from regulators and in the stock market.

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With an average credit assessment of 'bbb+' for the fifth year in a row, a sample of over 300 Nordic banks demonstrated stable creditworthiness in 2018.

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