SEB rated Best Sub-Custodian Bank in the Nordic...

Global Finance magazine rates SEB Best Nordic Regional Sub-Custodian
and Best Custodian in Sweden in its upcoming July/August issue.

Global Finance magazine rates SEB Best Nordic Regional Sub-Custodian
and Best Custodian in Sweden in its upcoming July/August issue.


"SEB is a market leader in the Nordic region for custody services and
this award confirms our position," says Göran Fors, Global Head of
Custody Services at Merchant Banking.

For this annual survey, Global Finance editors and reporters, with
input from expert sources, selected the winners among institutions
that reliably provide custody services in local markets and regions
to global custodians.

The selection criteria included customer relations, quality of
service, competitive pricing, smooth handling of exception items,
technology platform(s), operations, BCP (business continuity
planning), knowledge of local regulations and market practices.













SEB is a North European financial group serving some 400,000
corporate customers and institutions and five million private
individuals. SEB offers universal banking services in Sweden, Germany
and the Baltic countries - Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. It also has
local presence in the other Nordic countries, Poland, Ukraine and
Russia and a global presence through its international network in
another ten countries. On 31 March 2008, the Group's total assets
amounted to SEK 2,399bn (EUR 251bn) while its assets under management
totalled SEK 1,331bn (EUR 149bn). The Group has about 20,000
employees. Read more about SEB at www.sebgroup.com.
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