The Danish group UNIDANMARK (UNIBANK and TRYG-BALTICA; taxable profits of EUR 695.56 million in 1999 with 14,371 employees) and the Finnish-Swedish group MERITANORDBANKEN (NORDBANKEN and MERITA BANK; taxable profits of EUR 1.386 billion in 1999 with 18,896 employees) will create the number one Nordic financial group, with stock market capitalisation of EUR 15.6 billion and 8.5 million individual clients, controlling 40% of the market in Finland, 25% in Denmark and 20% in Sweden. With total...