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An overview of Swedish financial markets

Staffan Olsson
Gärde Wesslau
Stockholm

The financial sector is one of the most important growth areas of the Swedish economy. It employs approximately 100,000 people, has high productivity and great innovative power and represents about 4% of Sweden's GNP. Internationally, Sweden is at the forefront of the development of financial products and services, as well as new technology.

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Banking and project finance

CONTEXT AND TRENDS
Sweden continues to experience credit contraction as a result of the general European debt crisis and the "new regime". With Basel III regulations in the pipeline banks are suffering and have "become much more picky over the last 12 months in choosing borrowers" says one partner....

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Capital markets

CONTEXT AND TRENDS
Turbulence in Europe and a freeze on bank lending is putting increased pressure on the Swedish capital markets. In equity, lawyers describe the market as "almost non-existent" with no IPOs issued in 2012 at the time of publication....

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Mergers and acquisitions

CONTEXT AND TRENDS
"Volatile" is possibly the most accurate description of the Swedish M&A markets over the last 12 months. Early 2011 experienced bursts of "very high deal activity", owing in large part to private equity funds finally exiting portfolio companies....

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