Financial

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SpareBank 1 Østfold Akershus is a medium-sized Norwegian regional savings bank with origins dating back to 1835. The bank has operations in Østfold county and the southern part of Akershus county in south-eastern Norway, along the E6 highway and within commuting distance to Oslo. 

Nordic Credit Rating applies a score of 'a' for the Norwegian banking market and expects the domestic operating environment to be rather benign for Norwegian banks over the next two to three years

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Nordic Credit Rating (NCR) applies a score of 'a-' for the Swedish banking market and views the domestic operating environment as stable.

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A significant drawback of regulatory capital measures is the lack of comparability between institutions that employ internal ratings-based (IRB) capital...

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Nordic Credit Rating (NCR) estimates that Nordic banks will need to issue nearly €100bn in senior non preferred (SNP) debt instruments through 2022 for all banks in the region...

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