SPP receives management assignment from the Church of Sweden's Insurance Association

SPP receives management assignment from the Church of Sweden's Insurance Association. SPP Investment Management has today signed an agreement with the Church of Sweden's Insurance Association for management of a global equity portfolio. At the start, this assignment amounts to SEK 1 billion. "SPP's image and deliberate focus on index management is well in line with the focus the Church of Sweden's Insurance Association wants for this part of the management of the association's assets," says Gösta Kylsberg, Portfolio Manager. In recent years, SPP Investment Management has concentrated on building up discretionary management operations with customers within companies, municipalities, county councils, organisations and foundations. SPP Investment Management is among the leaders in the Nordic region with a management portfolio of SEK 440 billion. The largest single assignments are managing pension funds for salaried employees in the private sector within the framework of the ITP Plan and SPP Liv's equity and fixed income portfolios. For additional information Gösta Kylsberg, Portfolio Manager, tel. +46 8 441 93 81 Pehr-Olof Malmström, Institutional Sales, tel. +46 8 441 98 07 ------------------------------------------------------------ Please visit http://www.bit.se for further information The following files are available for download: http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2000/03/23/20000323BIT00950/bit0001.doc http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2000/03/23/20000323BIT00950/bit0002.pdf