Re Agreement

RNS Number:9417F
Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken
27 June 2001


SEB Invest signs advisory agreement with Schroders

SEB Invest and Schroders have decided to enter into an advisory
agreement under the terms of which Schroders becomes an advisor in the
management of SEB's Asian, Japan and Emerging Markets funds as well as
segments of the institutional assignments in the Japanese market.

The advisory service pertains to 22 funds and certain institutional
assignments, involving total assets under management of about SEK 12
billion. The formal agreement becomes effective on 31 August 2001.

"Through the co-operation with Schroders, we gain a strong asset manager
to create the best possible management for our customers. Concurrently,
this venture frees our own resources to be able to a greater extent to
focus on and to retain a leading position in the Nordic region, Europe
and North America. This also accounts for the technology and
pharmaceutical industries as well as alternative investments, such as
private equities and hedge," says Rikard Kjorling, Investment Management
Manager, SEB Invest.

Schroders' management philosophy involves using its own analyses to
identify companies with long-term growth potential. This strategy helped
the company to become one of the world's leading asset managers and one
of the largest pension managers. Schroders was selected after detailed
evaluation in co-operation with Mercer, a global financial consultant.

"Schroders is an active asset manager precisely like SEB Invest and has
a similar investment philosophy and investment process. The
collaboration agreement with Schroders gives us strong management
expertise in Asia, Japan and Emerging Markets," says Lars Rodert,
International Equities Manager, SEB Invest.

SEB is a European financial group especially for corporations and
financially active private individuals.
SEB has 630 branch offices in Sweden, Germany and the Baltic States,
with 4 million customers in total. Of these, 930,000 are Internet
customers. SEB also has operations in the rest of the Nordic countries,
Great Britain, Luxembourg and Switzerland. The balance sheet total is
SEK 1,123 billion and assets under management amount to SEK 910 billion.
The number of employees amount to 21,500. Read more about SEB:
www.seb.net

For further information, contact:
Rikard Kjorling, Investment Management Manager, SEB Invest,                    
[phone]
Anna Selberg, Information Manager, Investment Management & Life,              
[phone]. [phone]

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