SNS and ABN hit by Dutch downgrades
Friday, June 15, 2012
Moody’s cut two Dutch covered bond programmes on Friday after taking action on five Dutch banking groups earlier the same morning. Issuers’ large mortgage books and reliance on wholesale funding made them vulnerable in a poor market environment, it said. Meanwhile, analysts expect house prices and house sales to continue their decline.
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