Skandia

Stephanie Gabrielsson, CIO and portfolio manager at Skandia Fonder, explains her selection role for internally managed funds at the company

Skandia Fonder, the Swedish asset manager, has been sold by one part of the Skandia group to another, as part of continuing adjustments to business lines under the group's planned mutual structure.

Only two global brands have managed to break the Nordic domination of the latest 'Top-3' lists of equity, bond and hedge funds picked by advisers at Fondmarknaden.se, Sweden's biggest fund supermarket.

Finansinspektionen, the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority, has approved the proposed acquisition of Skandia AB from Old Mutual by life insurance company Skandia Liv.

Swedish online bank Nordnet reports that its funds customers shifted their purchasing towards riskier assets in February and increased their level of trading.

Peter Andersson, director of business development at Legg Mason, talks about the firm’s objectives in strengthening its local presence in Nordic markets