The Mortgage Society of Finland Short-Term Rating Raised To 'A-2' On Criteria Revison; Off Criteria Observation

Frankfurt (S&P Global Ratings) April 26, 2017--S&P Global Ratings said today that it has raised its short-term counterparty credit ratings on The Mortgage Society of Finland to 'A-2' from 'A-3', and removed it from "under criteria observation" (UCO), where it was placed on April 7, 2017 (see "Short-Term Ratings On 55 Entities Under Criteria Observation On Publication Of Revised Criteria," published on RatingsDirect). At the same time, we are affirming our 'BBB' long-term issuer credit rating on The Mortgage Society of Finland. The outlook is stable. These rating actions stem solely from the application of our revised methodology for linking long-term and short-term ratings and don't reflect any other change in our assessment of the credit ratings. RELATED CRITERIA General

...Frankfurt (S&P Global Ratings) April 26, 2017--S&P Global Ratings said today that it has raised its short-term counterparty credit ratings on The Mortgage Society of Finland to 'A-2' from 'A-3', and removed it from "under criteria observation" (UCO), where it was placed on April 7, 2017 (see "Short-Term Ratings On 55 Entities Under Criteria Observation On Publication Of Revised Criteria," published on RatingsDirect). At the same time, we are affirming our '###' long-term issuer credit rating on The Mortgage Society of Finland. The outlook is stable. These rating actions stem solely from the application of our revised methodology for linking long-term and short-term ratings and don't reflect any other change in our assessment of the credit ratings. RELATED CRITERIA + General Criteria: Methodology For Linking Long-Term And Short-Term Ratings , April 7, 2017 + Criteria - Financial Institutions - Banks: Bank Rating Methodology And Assumptions: Additional Loss-Absorbing Capacity, April 27, 2015...

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