Swedbank Markets hires Finnish equity and research team

To further strengthen Swedbank’s position as a leading Nordic and Baltic investment bank, Swedbank Markets is establishing a local equity and research team in Finland, building on a group of senior equity sales persons and analysts, previously of eQbank/Nordnet. The team is starting its work in the beginning of 2010.

- Providing a high quality equity and research product in Finland to serve our Nordic and international clients’ primary- and secondary market needs is key to further strengthening our Nordic equity offering. The team’s long-term experience, ranked research and wide cooperation with Finnish listed companies will greatly support our efforts,” says Stefan Carlsson, Head of Swedbank Markets. Listed below is the Finnish team: Katja Keitaanniemi Tomas Söderholm Jarkko Soikkeli Erkki Vesola Tomi Tiilola Bengt Dahlström Jari Honko Antti Saari Petri Karhunkoski Lauri Siponen Peter Sandlund Sami Järvinen Jarkko Sirenius Further information, please contact: Stefan Carlsson, Head of Swedbank Markets, phone: +46 73 800 08 42 Ronny Jacobsson, Head of Equities, Swedbank Markets, phone: +46 70 570 21 95 Anna Sundblad, Press Manager, Swedbank, phone: +46 70 321 39 95