Press release
Stockholm, 30 April 2019

The operating result for the first quarter 2019 amounted to SEK 5.9bn and return on equity, excluding items affecting comparability, was 12.8 per cent (...)

Press release
Stockholm, 30 January 2019

The operating result, before items affecting comparability, for 2018 was SEK 22.8bn (22.7) and return on equity 13.4 per cent (12.9). The operating  (...)

SEB has decided on the Business Plan for 2019-2021. Tomorrow, Thursday, 13 December, SEB will host an investor- and press conference presenting a summary of the new business plan, including a cost tar (...)

Press release
Stockholm, 25 October 2018

"In the seasonally slower third quarter, the uptick in demand for bank lending from large corporates as well as demand for advisory services continued through (...)

"Following the muted start of the year activity picked up across customer segments in the second quarter. Among the large corporate clients demand for advisory and event-driven financing increased and (...)

"This quarter, business sentiment subsided a bit from the peak levels seen during last year and equity markets were marked by high volatility. We saw little large event-driven activity and at the star (...)

Jan Erik Back, Group CFO since 2008, has decided to leave SEB to take on a new position as CFO with an international financial institution outside Europe.

"I would like to thank Jan Erik Back for his (...)

Excluding items affecting comparability the operating result was SEK 22.7bn and return on equity 12.7 per cent. The operating result for 2017 amounted to SEK 20.8bn (14.9) and the return on  (...)

Following the adoption of the new accounting principles as of January 2018, SEB discloses the financial consequences of IFRS 9, IFRS 15 as well as the transformation of the German business and other i (...)

SEB has signed an agreement to sell all shares in SEB Pensionsforsikring A/S and SEB Administration A/S (SEB Pension) to Danica Pension Livsforsikringsaktieselskab (Danica, a subsidiary to Danske Bank (...)

"It was a solid result in an uneventful and seasonally slower quarter. Large corporate customers took advantage of the attractive capital market for refinancing while financial institutions continued  (...)

SEB's Annual General Meeting will be held on Monday, 26 March 2018.

The Nomination Committee members are:
Petra Hedengran, Investor, Chairman
Magnus Billing, Alecta
Lars Heikensten, Trygg-Stiftelsen
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"As business sentiment continued to grow more positive, customer activity increased in all segments and markets where we operate. With SEB's diversified business mix, we can support our customers and  (...)

"With SEB's diversified business mix, we can support our customers and deliver sustainable profitable growth also in the prevailing complex environment. Despite many worrying tendencies and events on  (...)

SEB issues Additional Tier 1 Capital (AT1) to refinance an old similar instrument that reaches its call date later this year and to optimize its capital structure. The USD 600 million issuance has a c (...)

SEB's annual report, sustainability report, and report on capital adequacy and risk management are now available on the bank's website.

In many ways, 2016 will be remembered as the year of unexpected (...)

SEB's Board of Directors has appointed Johan Torgeby new President and CEO following Annika Falkengren's resignation which was announced on 16 January.

Johan Torgeby, aged 42 and currently co-head of (...)

Excluding items affecting comparability the operating result was SEK 20.3bn and return on equity 11.3 per cent. The operating result for 2016 amounted to SEK 14.9bn (20.9) and the return on  (...)

After close to 30 years at SEB, of which 11 years as President and CEO, Annika Falkengren has informed the Board of Directors that she wishes to resign from SEB. The Board of Directors will now initia (...)

"Customers' need for advisory and risk management services continued to increase in an uncertain market environment in the third quarter. Business sentiment was more stable in the Nordic region and de (...)

"In the prevailing environment of uncertainty, customers' need for advisory and risk management services have continued to increase. This is reflected in higher net fee and net financial income betwee (...)