Awards for excellence – Regional – Nordic/Baltic region

Best bank:

Svenska Handelsbanken

Best debt house:

ABN AMRO

Best equity house:

Enskilda Securities

Best M&A house:

Enskilda Securities

Best at risk management and treasury:

Nordea

Best at transaction services:

Nordea

Two themes dominate banking in the Nordic and Baltic region – cross-border expansion and technological innovation. Over the past decade, the leading players in the Nordic countries have sought to expand their operations throughout the region, as illustrated by a series of cross-border acquisitions by such banks as Nordea, Svenska Handelsbanken and SEB.

With the Nordic regional banking sector now dominated by these three, attention has turned to the Baltic states as the emerging battleground.