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Nordea - the safest Nordic bank

Global Finance magazine have selected the 'World's 50 Safest Banks' 2009 through a comparison of the long-term credit ratings and total assets of the 500 largest banks around the world. Ratings from Moody's, Standard & Poor's and Fitch were used.

Only four Nordic banks are listed among the "World's 50 Safest Banks"

# 22.  Nordea Bank
# 25.  Svenska Handelsbanken
# 29.  Pohjola Bank
# 34.  DnB NOR Bank

'The rating agencies have determined these banks have demonstrated a more prudent and sustainable approach to risk than their peers,' says Global Finance publisher Joseph D. Giarraputo. 'More than ever customers all around the world are viewing long term creditworthiness as the key feature of the banks with which they do business.'

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