SEB rated Best Asset Manager in Sweden

SEB has been rated Best Asset Manager in Sweden in Thomson Reuters'
annual ranking of asset managers in the Nordic Region.

SEB has been rated Best Asset Manager in Sweden in Thomson Reuters'
annual ranking of asset managers in the Nordic Region.


-  It feels great that SEB receives the first award in this new
category. And the fact that managers from our asset management
organisation occupy the top four positions in the ranking shows that
we have both edge and width to our competences and that is something
I am very proud of, says Fredrik Boheman, head of SEB Wealth
Management.

Four of SEB's asset managers top the individual listing. At the top
of the list is Anders Jakobsson, SEB Europafond, followed by Anette
Andersson, SEB Sverigefond, Alo Kullman, SEB Östeuropafond and Åsa
Annerstedt, SEB Småbolagsfond Europa.


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.
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