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Hans Christian Kjelsrud will join SEB as Head of Shipping & Offshore.He most recently held the position as Global Head of Shipping & Offshore at Nordea.

SEB´s head of Sustainability, Marie  Baumgarts, has been included in The European Commission's Technical Expert Group on Sustainable Finance.

In recent months the weak Swedish krona has generated a broad discussion about the consequences of monetary policy. Håkan Frisén and Olle Holmgren comments on it in Economic Insights for June.

Peter Branner, CEO of SEB Investment Management AB, has decided to leave SEB to take up a position with a company outside the Nordic region. 

SEB commits to support international voluntary recommendations on climate-related financial disclosure. The recommendations have been prepared by an industry-led working group, Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures, (TCFD) at the request of the G20 Financial Stability Board (FSB).

SEB has signed a statement of commitment to the FX Global Code, which will ensure a robust, fair and transparent currency market distinguished by high ethics.

The Danish Competition Council, Konkurrencerådet, on 30 May 2018 approved the sale of SEB Pension to Danica Pension.

The financial sector has a key role to play in contributing to the green transition, said  Marcus Wallenberg, at the Swedish-French conference on Green economy. 

SEB has signed a share purchase  agreement to sell its Fund Services business in Luxembourg to FundRock Management Company S.A. The business, including some 20 employees, will be transferred to FundRock, subject to regulatory approval.

This week SEB launched green mortgages. The new loans are available to anyone with housing that Sweden’s National Board of Housing, Building and Planning have assigned an A or B rating for energy efficiency.