European banks are especially exposed to drybulk and container shipping, the fundamentals of which are "particularly weak."
The S&P analysts highlighted seven banks with significant shipping exposures - DnB NO, DVB, KfW IPEX-Bank, NIBC, HSH Nordbank, Norddeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale and Nordea. |
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Margaret Bassett--OEN editor--is an 89-year old, currently living in senior housing, with a lifelong interest in political philosophy. Bachelors from State University of Iowa (1944) and Masters from Roosevelt University (1975) help to unravel important requirements for modern communication. Early introduction to computer science (1966) trumps them. It's payback time. She's been "entitled" so long she hopes to find some good coming off the keyboard into the lives of those who come after her.