The Supreme Court overturned the Court of Appeal's verdict and acquitted Swedbank's former CEO Birgitte Bonnesen of all criminal charges. "An innocent person has been acquitted," Per E Samuelson, Bonnesen's lawyer, told TT.
BusinessThe detained financial figure Günther Mårder has asked to be dismissed from his position on the board of the Swedish Public Employment Service, the Ministry of Labor told TT.
BusinessFinancial profile: Günther Mårder has been remanded in custody for serious insider trading by the Stockholm District Court. Mårder encouraged another person to trade shares in Raysearch, according to the prosecutor.
BusinessThe Avanza online bank had technical problems this morning. They would probably need to invest resources in making the systems more robust, says Sverre Linton, Chief Legal Officer at Aktiespararna.
BusinessIntellego CEO Claes Lindahl has been detained after it emerged that he is suspected of gross fraud on probable grounds, reports Dagens Industri (Di). Nasdaq intends to delist the company from the First North exchange.
BusinessQuarterly reports from companies on the stock exchange's main list may soon be a thing of the past. President Donald Trump has assigned authorities in the USA to review the regulatory requirement. I believe this may very well spread here, says Sverre Linton, chief lawyer at Aktiespararna.
BusinessWhen Klarna enters the New York stock exchange, it is at a significantly higher valuation than previously communicated. Most notable, comments Lars Frick, chief analyst at Aktiespararna. I do not think it is fair, he says to TT.
TechnologyWhen Klarna goes to the stock exchange, an unusually small number of shares will be issued for sale. This can make trading slower and means that existing owners remain in power. It is the Klarna gang that controls and decides, says Lars Frick, chief analyst at Aktiespararna.
TechnologyThe listing price that the Swedish fintech company Klarna is aiming for in the stock exchange listing in New York feels expensive, according to Lars Frick, chief analyst at Aktiespararna. A high-risk share, he says.
TechnologyHundreds of thousands of kronor can disappear in high fees in your savings funds. To little benefit. And many have no idea, according to a study from the Financial Supervisory Authority (FI).
BusinessPressed Volvo Cars may have chosen the wrong path. That assessment makes Aktiespararna. Maybe they should have continued with diesel cars for a longer period, says Mats Ekberg, who represents the interest organization.
CarsNordnet customers could trade on other people's accounts at Nordnet during the IT failure on Tuesday, confirms the online broker according to Dagens Industri. Something like this I cannot think of that I have heard of before, says Sverre Linton, chief lawyer at Aktiespararna.
BusinessThe online broker Nordnet reopened its app and website on Tuesday afternoon after a several-hour-long interruption. Technical problems earlier in the morning allowed customers to see other customers' holdings in shares and funds – whereupon the services were shut down.
TechnologyThe Court of Appeal's verdict, where the former Swedbank CEO Birgitte Bonnesen is sentenced to one year and three months' imprisonment for gross fraud, is welcomed by the CEO of Aktiespararna, Joacim Olsson. According to Olsson, investors and the general public were misled by Bonnesen. The legal system works, he says.
BusinessLoans with shares as collateral will continue to be tax-deductible. Thus, the harsh criticism from shareholder circles in recent times appears to have had an effect.
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