A key objective of Nordea liquidity and funding strategy is to secure continuous access to stable and competitive wholesale funding while taking into account external regulatory requirements, internal risk appetite and market conditions. In this section you will find information and key presentations and documents covering the wide range of securities issued by Nordea Group and its entities.
Debt and Ratings documents libraryLatest debt investor presentation from Q1/2026
DownloadSustainable funding presentation
DownloadNordea Bank Abp has credit ratings from the three large rating agencies Moody’s, Standard & Poor’s and Fitch.
Moody's | Standard & Poor's | Fitch | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Short | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | |
| Nordea Bank Abp | P-1 | Aa2** | A-1+ | AA- | F1+ | AA- |
| Nordea Hypotek* | Aaa | |||||
| Nordea Eiendomskreditt AS* | Aaa | |||||
| Nordea Mortgage Bank Plc* | Aaa | |||||
| Nordea Kredit* | AAA | |||||
* Covered bond rating
** Negative outlook
Nordea Bank Abp has credit ratings from the three large rating agencies Moody’s, Standard & Poor’s and Fitch.
The Nordea Group has both short-term and long-term ratings as well as instruments ratings on senior unsecured and capital instruments and in its mortgage credit institution subsidiaries ratings on covered bonds.
| Moody's | Standard & Poor's | Fitch | DBRS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Short | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long |
| P-1 | Aaa | A-1+ | AAA | F1+ | AAA | R-1 (high) | AAA |
| P-2 | Aa1 | A-1 | AA+ | F1 | AA+ | R-1 | AA (high) |
| P-3 | Aa2 | A-2 | AA | F2 | AA | R-1 (low) | AA |
| Not prime | Aa3 | A-3 | AA- | F3 | AA- | R-2 (high) | AA (low) |
| A1 | B | A+ | B | A+ | R-2 | A (high) | |
| A2 | C | A | C | A | R-2 (low) | A | |
| A3 | D | A- | D | A- | R-3 | A (low) | |
| Baa1 | BBB+ | BBB+ | R-4 | BBB (high) | |||
| Baa2 | BBB | BBB | R-5 | BBB | |||
| Baa3 | BBB- | BBB- | D | BBB (low) | |||
| ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
Nordea is on a significant change journey to integrate sustainability in all group functions and business areas. Promoting businesses and innovations with sustainable solutions of energy and infrastructure is a priority in our investment and lending policies and guidelines. The Nordea Green Bond and sustainable linked loan framework represent a further step in our effort to incorporate environmental considerations in our core operations
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