The Danish Covered Bond Market

The Danish Covered Bond Market

Size Matters - Internationally 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 p2 Australia Austria Canada Cyprus Czech Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Ireland Italy Latvia Luxembourg Netherlands New Zealand Norway Poland Portugal Slovakia Spain Sweden Switzerland UK US bn

5 212M7 5 211M7 Public debt 21M7 15 29M7 15 28M7 2 27M7 2 26M7 25 25M7 25 24M7 3 23M7 Covered bonds 22M7 35 21M7 bn 2M7 212M7 211M7 21M7 29M7 28M7 27M7 1 26M7 25M7 3 24M7 23M7 22M7 21M7 35 2M7 Size Matters - Domestically bn Covered bond funded lending 1 Deposit funded lending p3

Primary Market - A Basic Example Borrower instructs Realkredit Danmark to disburse loan based on 3.5% fixed rate amortising bond (isin DK9288441) in volume of 1m Realkredit Danmark transfer loan proceeds to borrower Realkredit Danmark loan processing systems generate order to issue 1m in isin DK9288441 to custodian and paying agent VP Realkredit Danmark bond trading desk quotes price on loan based on isin DK9288441 current market price VP systems issue bonds as ordered to the issuer account Realkredit Danmark bond trading desk sells bonds at Nasdaq OMX issuing submarket Bonds purchased by investors p4

Primary Market -Liquidity 2 DKKbn Tap issuance Refinancings Net new lending Gross new lending 15 Lending growth 1 5 Refinancing 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 21 211 Remortgaging p5

Primary Market - Issuance in unison to grow liquidity 3 25 2 15 1 DKKbn BRF Kredit Nordea Kredit Realkredit Danmark 5 Nykredit 2%JAN213 2%APR213 3.5%OKT244 4%OKT214 p6

Secondary Market -Liquidity 14 12 DKKbn Trading repo (Non central bank) Trading non repo Traded on Nasdaq OMX Nordic 1 8 Trade report requirement 6 4 2 28 to 211 turnover ratio 8.6 26 27 28 29 21 211 No formalised market making p7

1-1-212 1-4-212 1-1-211 1-4-211 1-1-21 1-4-21 1-1-29 1-4-29 1-1-28 1 1-4-28 1 1-1-27 ASW spread 1Y 3 1-4-27 2 1-1-26 2 1-4-26 ASW spread 3Y 1-1-25 4 1-4-25 Bps 1-1-24 2-5-212 2-1-211 2-3-211 2-8-21-1 2-1-21 3 2-6-29 2-11-28 2-4-28 2-9-27 2-2-27 2-7-26 2-12-25 2-5-25 2-1-24 2-3-24 4 2-8-23 2-1-23 Pricing Bps CDS spread Danske Bank CDS spread Nordea -1 p8

Pricing 8 6 4 2 6 25 6 14 1 1 p9 Pfandbriefe Multi Cedulas Single Cedulas Credit Fonciers UK Covered bonds - In international comparison 6 5 4 Bid/Ask spread in bps ASW spread in bps 3 2 1-1 3-7-212 3-4-212 3-1-212 3-1-211 3-7-211 3-4-211 3-1-211 3-1-21 3-7-21 3-4-21 3-1-21 3-1-29 3-7-29 3-4-29 3-1-29 3-1-28 3-7-28 3-4-28 3-1-28

Investors 35 3 25 2 15 1 5 Other Foreign Life and Pension Financials Foreign 14% Life and Pension 18% Other 11% Financials 57% p1 1999M12 2M12 21M12 22M12 23M12 24M12 25M12 26M12 27M12 28M12 29M12 21M12 211M12 DKKbn 212Q3

Investors 25 2 15 1 5 25 2 15 1 5 Other Foreign Life and Pension Financials Other Foreign Life and Pension Financials Other 7% Foreign 17% Life and Pension 16% Other 16% Foreign 9% Life and Pension 23% Financials 6% Financials 52% p11 1999M12 2M12 21M12 More than 5 years Less than 5 years 1999M12 2M12 21M12 22M12 23M12 24M12 25M12 26M12 27M12 28M12 29M12 21M12 211M12 22M12 23M12 24M12 25M12 26M12 27M12 28M12 29M12 21M12 211M12 DKKbn DKKbn

Financial Sector Holdings of Securities - By end 211 Other assets 549bn Danish covered bonds 1,452bn Sovereign debt in short supply LCR concerns Stable demand Systemic importance p12

The Lehmann Collapse - How did markets react to severe stress? 2 15 1 5 bn Serie2 Serie1 Jumbo markets closed down 28Q1 28Q2 28Q3 28Q4 Danish Kroner markets rolled on 16 12 bps Spreads reacted promptly 8 4-4 2-1-28 2-7-28 2-1-29 2-7-29...and returned to normal ahead of peer markets p13

Rating Danish Covered Bonds - Moody s and Standard & Poor s on different tracks Moody s Standard & Poor s Fitch Ratings Nykredit Ratings withdrawn AAA Pending Realkredit Danmark Ratings withdrawn AAA AAA/AA+ Nordea Kredit Aaa AAA Not rated BRF Kredit Ratings withdrawn AAA Not rated p14

The Debacle with Moody s Timely payment indicator adjusted from Very High to High 259bn Review of systemic support in light of Danish resolution scheme +113% 122bn Defaults of commercial banks in Denmark Mortgage banks explicitly exempted from resolution scheme 21Q4 211Q2 p15

Standard & Poor s takes more Favourable View - Minimum over collateralisation commensurate with current ratings 2 bps 18 16 14 12 1 8 6 4 2 p16

Ratings Backed by real Capital - Buffers are substantial All mortgages are funded by covered bonds 25 DKKbn 2 Mortgage banks not in a position to include mortgages as OC 15 Mortgage banks must resort to securities as OC 1 5 Funding is provided by liable capital or senior debt Standard & Poor's Liable capital Senior debt p17

Margins on Upward Trend in Defence of Ratings 8 Bps Average Homeowner Margin 6 4 2 Average Corporate Margin p18 1-7-211 1-1-211 1-1-212 1-4-212 1-7-212 1-1-23 1-4-23 1-7-23 1-1-23 1-1-24 1-4-24 1-7-24 1-1-24 1-1-25 1-4-25 1-7-25 1-1-25 1-1-26 1-4-26 1-7-26 1-1-26 1-1-27 1-4-27 1-7-27 1-1-27 1-1-28 1-4-28 1-7-28 1-1-28 1-1-29 1-4-29 1-7-29 1-1-29 1-1-21 1-4-21 1-7-21 1-1-21 1-1-211 1-4-211

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