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S&P raises Lands­bank­inn’s co­v­ered bond rat­ing to A

27 May 2022 - Landsbankinn

S&P Global Ratings has today announced that Landsbankinn’s covered bond rating has been raised. The rating uplift is one notch and the rating is therefore A with stable outlook.

The upgrade is made on the back of S&P’s announcement on effective resolution regime in Iceland.

Further information can be found in S&P’s announcement, available here on the bank’s website.

Covered bonds rating announcement (pdf)

Landsbankinn's credit rating

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