SEB Enskilda Equities - Best Stock broker in Sw...

SEB Enskilda Equities has regained the position as sole No 1 in the
annual Prospera survey as most appreciated and largest stock broker
in Sweden ahead of Handelsbanken as No 2, Carnegie as No 3, ABG
Sundal Collier as No 4 and Öhman as No 5. Last year, the No 1
position was shared by Carnegie, Handelsbanken and SEB Enskilda
Equities.


According to the Prospera survey, SEB Enskilda's strengths are back
office quality, periodic research, company presentations as well as
sales' personal contacts and client familiarity, supply of business
ideas and market information support.

This year's  survey top ranks SEB Enskilda in Swedish research for
macro, strategy, banking & insurance, engineering and forestry and
SEB Enskilda is found among the top three in all 14 sectors/areas, a
ranking improvement in eight sectors.

SEB Enskilda Equities market share in value is estimated to be 17
percent among Swedish institutions, equivalent to the No 1 position.

The survey was based on interviews with portfolio managers, dealers
and institutions during the period October 3 to November 18, 2008.


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 30 September 2008, the Group's total assets
amounted to SEK 2,416bn (~EUR 237bn) while its assets under
management totalled SEK 1,244bn (~EUR 122bn).The Group has about
22,000 employees. Read more about SEB at www.sebgroup.com.

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