Global Finance names the World’s Safest Banks 2011 in Western Europe
NEW YORK, August 18, 2011
Global Finance
magazine (GFmag.com) has named the top 10 Safest Banks in Western Europe in an exclusive survey to be published in the October 2011 issue. The banks were selected through a comparison of the long-term credit ratings and total assets of the largest banks. Ratings from Moodys, Standard & Poors and Fitch were used.
The full report covers the safest banks in Western Europe, Central and Eastern Europe, Asia, the Middle East, North America, Latin America and Australasia. More than ever, customers around the world are viewing long-term creditworthiness as the key feature of the banks with which they do business, says Joseph D. Giarraputo, publisher of
Global Finance
. These banks have solid capital positions and superior risk management capabilities.
For editorial information please contact: Andrea Fiano, Editor, email:
afiano@gfmag.com
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*A tie is assigned when two banks with the same score have total assets within a $5 billion range.
PR date: Global Finance magazine August 18, 2011
Ratings as of: August 11, 2011
