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August 2008

Baltic banking: Baltics blow cold for Swedbank

After years of benefiting from the strong economic performance of the Baltic states, Sweden’s Swedbank is now seeing the downside of its exposure to the region in the wake of the recent sharp slowdown in growth.




In the latest blow, Swedbank’s ratings were slashed by Moody’s Investors Service amid concerns that its sizeable exposure to the weakening economies of the Baltic countries through its wholly owned subsidiary, Hansabank, are pressuring its financial ratios. Moody’s cut Swedbank’s bank financial strength rating from B to B– and its deposit ratings to Aa2 from Aa1. The outlook on both these ratings remains negative. Hansabank ratings were also cut....


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