SEB top ranked by Euromoney - winner of nine ca...

In the financial publication Euromoney's Awards for Excellence 2008
SEB has won nine awards - three awards for the Nordic and Baltic
region and six country awards.


SEB was ranked no. 1 in the following categories:


  * Best Bank in Sweden
  * Best Equities House in the Nordic & Baltic region
  * Best Mergers & Acquisition House in the Nordic & Baltic region
  * Best Cash Management in the Nordic & Baltic region
  * Best Mergers & Acquisition House in Sweden
  * Best Mergers & Acquisition House in Norway
  * Best Equities House in Estonia
  * Best Mergers & Acquisition House in Latvia
  * Best Equities House in Lithuania


Euromoney's motivation for the Best Bank in Sweden was the strength
and breadth in practically all areas of the bank - from life
insurance to retail and merchant banking.

SEB has held the position of best Merger & Aquisitions House and
Equities House in the Nordic countries for many years, and has now
received the same award for the geographically enlarged category, the
Nordic and Baltic region. According to Euromoney, SEB's breadth of
activities is demonstrated by the 47 completed Mergers & Aquisition
transactions on which it was adviser during the judged period and its
leading market share (7.8 per cent) in equity trading on the Nordic
and Baltic stock exchanges.

This is the fifth  consecutive year that SEB  has received the  award
for Best Cash Management  in the Nordic &  Baltic region. The  reason
for the award according to Euromoney is SEB's expanded presence in 27
European  countries,  its  impressive  markets  share  among   Nordic
multinationals and innovative solutions  such as the Cash  Management
Value Chain.


SEB is a North European financial group serving some 400,000
corporate customers and institutions and five million private
individuals. SEB offers universal banking services in Sweden, Germany
and the Baltic countries - Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. It also has
local presence in the other Nordic countries, Poland, Ukraine and
Russia and a global presence through its international network in
another ten countries. On 31 March 2008, the Group's total assets
amounted to SEK 2,399bn (EUR 251bn) while its assets under management
totalled SEK 1,331bn (EUR 149bn). The Group has about 20,000
employees. Read more about SEB at www.sebgroup.com.
_________________________________________________________________________
For further information, please contact:
Press contact Katja Margell, tel. [phone]