Europe's safest bank sees investors lining up for bail-in bonds

The European bank with the most capital relative to total assets is DNB ASA of Norway. That pedigree will make it easier to sell a new kind of senior debt that’s designed to absorb losses if issuers get into trouble, according to the bank.

“We don’t think that will be a big challenge or problem for DNB due to the fact that we are so solid compared to other banks,” Chief Executive Officer Rune Bjerke said in an interview in Oslo. “And we know that demand for all kind of DNB papers in the market is very strong.”
 

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