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23/6/2025 Rating announcement EN
Scope affirms Danske Bank A/S’s mortgage covered bond rating (Pool D) at AAA, Stable Outlook
The rating on Danske Bank A/S’s Danish mortgage-covered bonds (særligt dækkede obligationer – SDO) reflects the issuer's A+ rating enhanced by four notches from governance support. Five notches provide a buffer against an issuer downgrade.

23/6/2025 Rating announcement EN
Scope affirms Danske Bank A/S’s mortgage covered bond rating (Pool C) at AAA, Stable Outlook
The rating on Danske Bank A/S’s Danish mortgage-covered bonds (særligt dækkede obligationer – SDO) reflects the issuer's A+ rating enhanced by four notches from governance support. Five notches provide a buffer against an issuer downgrade.

27/5/2025 Rating announcement EN
Scope affirms Danske Bank’s issuer rating at A+ and assigns Positive Outlook
The Positive Outlook reflects the improvements in governance and risk management embedded now as key element of the group’s culture, as the closure of the corporate probation period under ad-hoc regulatory oversight is approaching.

4/7/2024 Rating announcement EN
Scope affirms and publishes covered bonds issued by Danske Bank from pools C and D at AAA/Stable
The issuer rating of A+ enhanced by up to six notches of governance-support based uplift results in the highest achievable ratings for the mortgage-covered bonds issued out of Pool C and D. Cover pool support can provide additional rating stability.

29/8/2019 Monitoring note EN
Scope converts bank and covered bond credit ratings from public into subscription ratings
In the context of Scope Ratings’ strategy of focussing on the needs of institutional investors, Scope will offer its unsolicited bank and covered bond credit ratings on a subscription basis only via its credit intelligence platform.

27/9/2018 Rating announcement EN
Scope confirms Danske Bank’s long-term ratings with a Negative Outlook (Issuer Rating at A+)
Rating action concludes review for possible upgrade initiated last May. Scope also upgrades senior unsecured debt to A+ from A in line with its bank rating methodology and assigns A rating to non-preferred senior debt. Negative Outlook on all ratings.

27/6/2018 Monitoring note EN
Investors should not be complacent to AT1 risks
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?