SEB Group
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| Publicly traded Aktiebolag | |
| Traded as | Nasdaq Stockholm: SEB A |
| Industry | Financial services |
| Predecessor | (established in 1856) Skandinaviska Banken (established in 1864) |
| Founded | 1972 |
| Headquarters | , Sweden |
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Key people
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Annika Falkengren (President and CEO), Marcus Wallenberg (Chairman) |
| Products | Retail banking, merchant banking, wealth management, life insurance, pensions |
| Revenue | SEK 46.94 billion (2014) |
| SEK 23.35 billion (2014) | |
| Profit | SEK 19.219 billion (2014) |
| AUM | SEK 1.708 trillion (end 2014) |
| Total assets | SEK 2.614 trillion (end 2014) |
| Total equity | SEK 134.54 billion (end 2014) |
| Owner | Investor AB (20%) |
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Number of employees
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15,714 (FTE, end 2014) |
| Website | www.sebgroup.com |
Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (Swedish pronunciation: [skandɪˈnɑːvɪska ˈeːnˈɧɪlda ˈbaŋːkən], Scandinavian Individual Bank), abbreviated SEB, is a Swedish financial group for corporate customers, institutions and private individuals with headquarters in . Its activities comprise mainly banking services, but SEB also carries out significant life insurance operations and also owns Eurocard. The bank was founded and is controlled by the Swedish Wallenberg family through their investment company Investor AB.
In 1972, (established in 1856 by André Oscar Wallenberg) and Skandinaviska Banken (established in 1864) merged to form SEB. Reasons for the merger included creating a bank better positioned to serve corporate clients and to fend off competition from major international banks.
SEB acquired Swedish insurance company Trygg-Hansa in 1997, and integrated its life insurance activities. The property and casualty insurance portion of Trygg-Hansa was later sold.
In 1998, the company changed its logo and brand name from SE-Banken to SEB. At the end of that same year, SEB bought its first shares of the three Baltic banks Eesti Ühispank (Estonia), Latvijas Unibank (Latvia) and Vilniaus Bankas (Lithuania). In 2000, SEB acquired Germany’s Bank für Gemeinwirtschaft (BfG) and the remaining parts of the three Baltic banks.
In early 2001, the company announced plans for a merger with the FöreningsSparbanken (now Swedbank), which was called off when the European Commission demanded major concessions for its approval.
After several years of weak profitability, SEB sold its German retail banking operations to Spain's Banco Santander in January 2011.
SEB sold its retail banking operations in Ukraine to Eurobank Group in June 2012.
In Sweden and the Baltic countries, SEB is a universal bank, offering financial advice and a wide range of financial services to all customer segments. In Denmark, Finland, Norway and Germany the bank’s operations have a strong focus on a full-service offering to corporate and institutional clients. SEB also have branches or representative offices in New York, São Paulo, London, Luxembourg, Geneva, Warsaw, Moscow, St Petersburg, Kiev, Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singapore and New Delhi.
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