Asset Management and Insurance
Mats Lagerqvist
”Swedbank Robur has a strong position as the Nordic region’s largest fund manager in terms of assets under management and number of customers.”
Asset Management and Insurance comprises the Swedbank Robur Group and its operations in fund management, institutional and discretionary asset management, insurance and individual pension savings, as well as corporate pension solutions. Swedbank Robur is Sweden’s largest fund manager, with a market share of 27 percent of total assets under management. Swedbank Robur managed 128 funds at year-end, of which 29 were ethical and environmental funds.
Further development of the range of products and services, international expansion and co-ordination of asset management operations dominated the work in 2008. Swedbank Robur increased its market shares and strengthened its position as the largest fund manager in the Nordic region. In 2008, Swedbank Robur signed a trailblazing agreement with a Japanese bank that now offers Swedbank Robur’s Russia Fund to Japanese investors.
Due to the maturity of the Nordic mutual fund market, the life insurance and pension area is growing in importance. There, Swedbank Robur is well-positioned for the future through its co-operation with Swedbank and the Savings banks on distribution and advisory services. Expanded efforts in occupational pension solutions are expected in the future. International distribution of asset management products is also an important future area.
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