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Scope Ratings has updated its rating report on Svenska Handelsbanken, rated AA- with Stable Outlook.

Following implementation in Swedish law of a new class of senior non-preferred debt, Scope rates Svenska Handelsbanken’s senior non-preferred debt at A+ and upgrades senior unsecured (non-MREL eligible) debt one notch to AA-, both with Stable Outlook.

Scope Ratings has updated its rating report on Svenska Handelsbanken’s AT1 securities.

The Additional Tier 1 market reaches a landmark in 2018 as the earliest issues hit their first call dates. The investor base has grown, and terms and structures have standardised. But what lessons should be learned from developments in this market?

Scope Ratings has updated its rating report on Svenska Handelsbanken, rated AA- with Stable Outlook.

This rating action concludes the review initiated a month ago. It reflects Handelsbanken’s ability to weather weakness in Sweden’s housing market, prudent growth strategy, and reassuring financial metrics.

Scope’s review will cover Handelsbanken’s ability to weather weakness in Sweden’s housing market and the effects of the Swedish regulator’s related macro-prudential measures, as well as expected changes to capital requirements for Swedish mortgages.

Rating upgrade reflects Scope’s view of these banks’ reassuring liquidity dynamics, positively impacted by European supervisors’ enhanced focus on bank liquidity and funding.

The handbook includes an assessment of how risks in the AT1 market are evolving. Recent developments concerning Banco Popular and Bremer Landesbank demonstrate the importance of issuer fundamentals when evaluating the likelihood of incurring losses.