Nordea
Basel 2.5 caused €200 billion jump in RWAs
European banks saw their RWAs leap at the turn of the year, as new trading book rules collided with the EBA's call to achieve a 9% capital minimum
Nordic region sees surge in demand for credit and commodity-linked products
Tough equity markets are driving increased demand for credit exposure and cross-asset baskets in the Nordic region, where a stronger risk appetite is in evidence
Custody Risk European Awards 2011 – Regional Sub-Custodian of the Year, Nordic region: Nordea
Regional Sub-Custodian of the Year, Nordic region: Nordea
National culture can affect banks' operational risk
National interest
Sponsored roundtable: The Custody Risk Nordic Roundtable 2011
Opportunity knocks
Calls for consistency over risk-free rate
Rates manoeuvres
Swedish market sees big spike in turnover
Turnover in Sweden hits new highs
Data not judgement required for Nordic banks' Basel approach
Nordic banks want to use the Basel framework’s advanced approach to credit risk capital, but local regulators are insistent that data – rather than judgement – has to be the basis for the calculations. Banks don’t have enough instances of default in…
Northern exposures
Nordea tops this year's Nordic Risk derivatives rankings
Product review: Nordea taps Chinese growth
Nordea Bank in Finland is offering a structured product with exposure to a relatively unusual underlying. The capital-protected, potential growth product is linked to a basket of 10 Chinese companies
Bargain basement in the Baltic states
Scandinavian banks are set to become huge owners of Baltic real estate. A large proportion of home loans in the region come from Nordic lenders and repossessions are rising. Some banks are already making preparations to take over and service large…
CROs respond to Swedish stress tests
Chief risk officers have given muted support to the recent stress-testing exercise by Swedish regulator Finansinspektionen to assess whether the country's largest banks have enough capital to survive future stresses.
Systems failure
Risk management
Banks under pressure to change incentives
Banks are coming under increasing pressure from regulators, politicians and bank shareholders to review their pay and bonus structures to ensure traders are not incentivised to take excessive risks.
Banks pushed to change incentives
Banks are coming under increasing pressure from regulators, politicians and bank shareholders to review their pay and bonus structures to ensure traders are not incentivised to take excessive risks.
FSF calls for rating agency changes to aid market
Banks, investors and rating agencies are bracing themselves for a barrage of new regulatory guidance, consultation papers and capital charges in the wake of a report by the Financial Stability Forum (FSF) on April 12, which made a series of…
Pension Risk Manager of the Year - Nordea Life & Pensions
Risk Awards 2008
RBS adds Nordea trio in financing and risk solutions
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has added three staff from Stockholm-based Nordea to its financing and risk solutions team.
Nordea leads the field in Nordic rankings
Swedish banking group Nordea has topped Risk's 2007 rankings for the Nordic region, narrowly beating Denmark's Danske Bank in the interest rate derivatives category.
Two leaving Icap FX team
Two members of Icap's spot FX team are to leave. Garry Munday, head of spot FX in London, will be joining WestLB later this month, and Rene Simonsen, based in Copenhagen, will be joining Nordea in December.
Municipality Finance issues Finnish inflation-linked bond
Finland-based public sector credit institution Municipality Finance has launched a Finnish inflation-linked bond.
Nordea books loss over hedge mistrade
A trader's error last December cost Nordic bank Nordea €20 million, the bank has admitted.
Leading the pack
Nordic banks are well ahead with their Basel II programmes compared with their international peers. But there are concerns about home regulator rules and advanced credit risk data requirements. Laurence Neville reports