Nordic and Baltic regional awards

The three major banking groups in the Nordic and Baltic regions – Danske Bank, Nordea and SEB – have substantially different profiles. Danske Bank is the largest by assets and enjoyed strong asset growth of 12.64% in the year to the end of March 2007, returning a respectable – though not overwhelming – 15.96% on equity over the period. In contrast, Nordea, which has similarly sized assets, grew them by just 6.56% but returned an impressive 22.31%