The international financial magazine Global Finance has selected Handelsbanken Capital Markets as the best investment bank in the Nordic region. The criteria used in the selection process include: market share, number and size of transactions, customer service and advice, structuring capabilities, distribution network, effort to address market conditions, innovation and competitive pricing. The winners will be announced in the June issue of Global Finance. Global Finance has over 250,000 readers in 158 countries and targets the world's largest portfolio managers.

 

Michael Ericson, head of Handelsbanken Capital Markets, states, "We are, of course, very pleased that the independent magazine Global Finance has ranked us as the Nordic region's best investment bank. However, our most important objective is that our customers appreciate what we do."

 

 

 

 

 

Handelsbanken Capital Markets is Handelsbanken's investment bank. It is responsible for Handelsbanken's transactions in the fixed income, foreign exchange and stock markets, including macroeconomic, equity, credit and financial research, corporate finance, debt capital markets and structured products. Some 900 staff on three continents specialise in financial solutions for Nordic requirements. Handelsbanken Capital Markets is an integral part of Handelsbanken, which has over 600 branches, operations in 20 countries, total assets of SEK 1,790 billion and an operating profit for 2006 of SEK 17.2 billion. Handelsbanken has over 10,000 employees.