SEB and Nordea accelerate as Swedish housing market bounces back
SEB and Nordea have increased their share of the Swedish mortgage market over the last half year, targeting a higher share of the growing market for mortgages to flats.
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Nordic Credit Rating's view on corporate hybrid securities
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.
Nordic Credit Rating updates its Ratings Principles methodology
Today Nordic Credit Rating AS (NCR) published an update to its Rating Principles methodology. The changes have no impact on NCR's existing ratings.
Retail properties under pressure
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The rating was withdrawn on 14 Oct. 2021.
Competition in the Swedish mortgage market heats up
Competition for Swedish mortgage customers continues to increase, driving down bank margins.
Nordic Credit Rating publishes its final methodology for covered bonds
NCR is now able to assign ratings to covered bond instruments.
Nordic niche consumer banks face regulatory headwinds
Nordic niche banks focusing on unsecured consumer lending have recently encountered headwinds from regulators and in the stock market.
Swedish community service properties - a stable but broad asset class
NCR views the community service asset class as a supportive factor when assessing the creditworthiness of real estate companies.
Has Nordic bank creditworthiness reached its peak?
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.