Press Release November 3, 2009 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 Swedbank's vision is to be the leading financial institution in the markets where we are present. Swedbank has 9.4 million retail customers and 600,000 corporate customers with 419 branches in Sweden, 278 branches in the Baltic countries and another 215 branches in Ukraine. The group is also present in Copenhagen, Helsinki, Kaliningrad, Luxembourg, Moscow, New York, Oslo, Shanghai, St. Petersburg and Tokyo. As of December 2008 the group had total assets of SEK 1,812 billion and approximately 21,000 employees. For more information about Swedbank, please visit www.swedbank.com.
Swedbank Markets hires Finnish equity and research team
| Source: Swedbank AB