OREANDA-NEWS. April 28, 2012. The magazine Global Finance each year appoints the world’s best investment banks in different categories. This year, in the category "Debt banks", Global Finance awarded Nordea as the best debt bank in the Nordic Region, reported the press-centre of Nordea.

The editors of the magazine, with input from industry experts, used a series of criteria—including market share, number and size of deals, service and advice, structuring capabilities, distribution network, efforts to address market conditions, innovation, pricing, after-market performance of underwritings and market reputation—to select the winners.

Deals announced or completed in 2011 were considered.