Finansinspektionen
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Banks probed for peddling client names
Business & Money: 19 Apr 13
Several Swedish banks are suspected of passing on the names of customers who have been denied a mortgage to other lenders who offer higher interest rates to high-risk borrowers.
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Borg: housing market set for 20 years of stagnation
Business & Money: 26 Feb 13
Sweden's real estate market is headed for two decades of stagnation, Swedish Finance Minister Anders Borg warned on Monday, reiterating his concerns about the size of Swedes' household debts.
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Swedes' high debts spark housing bubble fears
Business & Money: 19 Feb 13
Swedes should brace for a downturn in housing prices in the face of overvalued homes and ballooning household debt, the head of Sweden's financial regulator has warned.
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Riksbank probes mortgage-repayment law
Business & Money: 15 Jan 13
The head of Sweden's central bank, Stefan Ingves, said on Tuesday that the government could be forced to make Swedes pay off their mortgages if the country's banks don't "take the responsibility" themselves.
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Swedish banks reported for WikiLeaks blockade
Business & Money: 18 Dec 12
Sweden's Pirate Party has filed a complaint with the country's financial system watchdog alleging Swedish banks have been complicit in a long-running blockade of donations to WikiLeaks.
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Moody's says Swedish banks are stable
Business & Money: 26 Nov 12
Rating agency Moody’s revised its negative view of Swedish banks on Monday, the same day that Sweden unveiled plans for bolstering banks' ability to handle mortgage loan losses.
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Wife of credit agency boss pockets millions
Business & Money: 23 Nov 12
Financial investigators are looking into a contract between Swedish Export Credit Corporation (Svensk exportkredit, SEK) and the wife of one of its top bosses.
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SAS shares halted after media speculation
Business & Money: 30 Oct 12
Shares in Scandinavian airline SAS were suspended on Tuesday morning following media reports about the company’s strained finances, according to the Stockholm stock exchange.
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Swedish real estate tycoon found dead
National: 23 Sep 12
Swedish financier Maths O Sundqvist, whose risky deals led to the 2008 demise of the Carnegie investment bank, was found dead near an all-terrain vehicle in northern Sweden on Sunday morning.
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Swedish bank predicts Greek eurozone exit
Business & Money: 15 Jun 12
Swedish bank SEB said Friday that all signs point to Greece leaving the eurozone regardless of Sunday's election results, while Swedish finance minister Anders Borg warned of a "serious situation".
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Change banks without changing account numbers: minister
Business & Money: 22 Dec 11
Letting Swedes hold on to their account numbers when switching banks is one way to put pressure on banks thought to be gouging customers with high mortgage rates, financial markets minister Peter Norman said Thursday.
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Tougher demands for Sweden's biggest banks
Business & Money: 25 Nov 11
Sweden on Friday announced plans to beef up the capital adequacy requirements for the country's four largest banks to help protect the Swedish banking system amid the ongoing eurozone debt crisis.
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Swedish banks pass EU stress test
Business & Money: 16 Jul 11
Ten banks in Sweden, Norway and Finland passed European Union stress tests, their financial regulators announced on Friday.
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IMF warns of Swedish house price decline
Business & Money: 1 Jun 11
Sweden's housing market shows signs of a bubble and is on the verge of a sustained price decline, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned in a new report.
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Agency to probe internet outage at Swedish bank
Business & Money: 11 May 11
After Swedish bank Skandiabanken suffered a massive outage of its internet banking services on Tuesday, Sweden's top financial watchdog has announced plans to investigate the matter.
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Riksbank rejects Swedish housing bubble fears
Business & Money: 5 Apr 11
Sweden's central bank does not believe the country is in the midst of a housing bubble, saying in a report published Tuesday that rapidly rising housing prices are due to natural developments in the market.
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Sweden freezes Qaddafi billions
National: 23 Mar 11
Sweden has frozen assets hidden by Muammar Qaddafi's and his associates worth over 10 billion kronor ($1.6 billion), according to a media report on Wednesday.
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Swedish finance firms skirt bonus rules: report
Business & Money: 21 Feb 11
Roughly half of Sweden's financial firms have failed to abide by rules for handing out performance-based bonuses, a new report has shown.
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Sweden 'strong like Pippi Longstocking': OECD
Business & Money: 20 Jan 11
The head of the OECD compared the strength of the Swedish economy to that of the popular Astrid Lindgren's character during a conference in Stockholm on Thursday.
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Swedish watchdog fines two banks over funds
Business & Money: 20 Jan 11
The Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority has fined both Swedbank and Handelsbanken for shortcomings in their depositary bank functions, the agency said in a statement on Thursday.
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Carnegie trio cleared of price fixing
Business & Money: 15 Dec 10
Three former traders at investment bank Carnegie have been acquitted by Stockholm District Court on charges of illegal price manipulation.
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Disgraced Habo Finans CEO gets 5 years in jail
Business & Money: 2 Dec 10
The CEO of disgraced Habo Finans was sentenced to five years in prison for aggravated fraud and aggravated accounting fraud by Jönköping district court on Thursday.
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Riksbank head warns of soaring household debt
Business & Money: 11 Nov 10
The head of Sweden's central bank has warned against expanding household debt, pointing out that it plays a significant role in the bank's decisions to raise interest rates.
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Stock scam warnings jump sharply in 2010
Business & Money: 1 Nov 10
The Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority has put over 500 fake stockbrokers and other swindlers on its warning list so far this year, a significantly higher number than in the whole of 2009.
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Fraud trial captivates local Swedish community
Business & Money: 30 Sep 10
Disgruntled savers from a small Swedish community flooded into a Jönköping court on Thursday to follow the case of Habo Finans, an investment firm which folded taking the savings of almost 780 people with it.
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Tearful HQ chair admits knowing of irregularities
Business & Money: 28 Sep 10
Fighting back tears, outgoing HQ Chairman Mats Qviberg admitted on Tuesday that he was briefed daily on the trading operations of the now-defunct HQ Bank.
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HQ board cleared over bank's collapse: audit
Business & Money: 24 Sep 10
The board of embattled Swedish financial concern HQ, helmed by CEO Mats Qviberg, was cleared on Friday of all liability regarding the company's collapse following an audit.
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Ex-HQ Bank manager reported to police
Business & Money: 15 Sep 10
HQ Bank’s previous parent company, publicly listed HQ AB, has reported a former manager to the police for what it sees as partial responsibility for the bank’s collapse.
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No run on deposits as HQ Bank reopens
Business & Money: 6 Sep 10
Fears of widespread withdrawals at HQ Bank proved unfounded when it reopened its doors on Monday morning.
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HQ Bank under investigation for fraud
Business & Money: 3 Sep 10
The Swedish Economic Crime Authority is launching an investigation into suspected fraud and accounting crimes at HQ Bank.
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Carnegie takes over HQ Bank
Business & Money: 3 Sep 10
Investment bank Carnegie has signed a deal to take over crisis-hit sector colleague HQ Bank, with payment amounting to 268 million kronor ($36.8 million) to settle employee stock options and client obligations.
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HQ Bank close to deal: liquidator
Business & Money: 1 Sep 10
Björn Riese, who is leading the liquidation of HQ Bank, has said that a deal to resolve the future of the finance firm is close, with the bank likely to be able to re-open its doors on Friday.
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HQ appeals revoked banking license
Business & Money: 31 Aug 10
HQ has appealed the decision to suspend the banking license for HQ Bank, which has forced it into liquidation and kept the bank closed on Tuesday.
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HQ Bank announces involuntary liquidation
Business & Money: 30 Aug 10
Swedish investment bank HQ has failed to find a solution to enable it to continue trading and the process of involuntary liquidation has been set in motion, the bank has confirmed in a statement.
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HQ Bank has licence revoked
Business & Money: 29 Aug 10
Sweden's financial regulator has revoked the licence of investment bank HQ due to major deficiencies in the company's trading operations.
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HQ banks a billion kronor in rights issue
Business & Money: 27 Aug 10
The board of crisis-hit Swedish financial concern HQ has announced a preferential rights issue to shore up the company's finances. The right issue carries a full guarantee from existing shareholders.
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House price climb cools off in July
Business & Money: 16 Aug 10
The increase in Swedish housing prices has eased with prices in greater Stockholm falling by 4 percent over the past month, according to a new report which attributes the impact of the pending general election.
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Financial authority confirms mortgage cap
Business & Money: 9 Jul 10
The Financial Supervisory Authority (Finansinspektionen - FI) announced on Friday that it will implement new guidelines limiting new mortgages to a maximum of 85 percent of the home's market value.
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HQ shares spike after approval of fund sale
Business & Money: 14 Jun 10
Swedish investment firm Öresund has been has been authorized by the Financial Supervisory Authority to buy its investment fund operation HQ Fonder, sparking a rally in the shares of the HQ bank.
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HQ rescue plan triggers new share collapse
Business & Money: 8 Jun 10
Financial services group HQ must immediately strengthen its finances and will temporarily sell its fund management company HQ Fonder to its principal owner Öresund for 850 million kronor ($105.07 million).
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IMF praises Sweden for handling of crisis
Business & Money: 7 Jun 10
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has praised both Sweden's central bank, the Riksbank, and the Swedish government for their handling of the economic crisis.
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Sweden faces mortgage debt hangover: report
Business & Money: 26 May 10
Swedish household borrowing continues to increase at one of the world's highest rates and economists at the state Housing Credit Guarantee Board have raised concerns over the risks for individuals, house prices, and the Swedish economy.
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Increased oversight of financial firms proposed
Business & Money: 12 May 10
Sweden's government has proposed the supervision of a wide range of financial businesses involved in foreign exchange, money transfers, deposits and SMS loans.
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Sweden 'fully prepared' for Greek fallout : Borg
Politics: 7 May 10
Sweden's Finance Minister Anders Borg has declared that Sweden is fully prepared for any emergency resulting from the debt crisis in the euro zone, as the Stockholm stock market continued its slide on Friday.
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Mortgages could be capped at 85 percent
Politics: 5 May 10
Sweden's Financial Supervisory Authority has proposed that banks limit the amount offered for new residential mortgages to 85 percent of a property's market value.
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Apartment prices hit record high
Business & Money: 16 Apr 10
Apartment prices in the greater Stockholm and greater Gothenburg areas hit record highs in the first quarter, according to a new report.
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House price bubble 'a myth'
National: 18 Mar 10
House price inflation is not a problem for monetary policy, the deputy-governor of Sweden's Riksbank Lars E O Svensson said on Thursday, calling the notion of a house price bubble "a myth".
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Carnegie traders charged over price fixing
Business & Money: 16 Mar 10
Three former traders at Carnegie have been charged with illegal price manipulation carried out in the years before the Swedish investment bank's forced nationalization.
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Riksbank chief calls for new financial framework
Business & Money: 4 Mar 10
Stefan Ingves, the head of the Swedish Riksbank, has called on parliament to look over the existing financial regulatory framework - and do so expediently. He indicated also that base rate rises will come in the autumn.
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Swedbank to ditch bonuses for 2009
Business & Money: 27 Jan 10
Swedbank has decided to scrap its 2009 bonus payments, bowing to criticism that Swedish banks had not done enough to trim variable compensation despite lower earnings.
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Bonus-happy banks risk tougher rules: Borg
Business & Money: 13 Jan 10
Swedish banks could be hit with even tougher restrictions on bonuses if they don’t follow new rules presented by the country’s financial system watchdog, finance minister Anders Borg warned on Tuesday.
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Renewed criticism over Swedish bank bonuses
Business & Money: 11 Jan 10
Bonus payments increased at Sweden’s four largest banks last year, despite a sharp drop in the banks’ results, according to an ongoing review by the Swedish financial authorities
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Payback unlikely for Swedes swindled by bogus brokers
Business & Money: 18 Nov 09
More than one hundred Swedes who were defrauded of tens of millions of kronor by a group of phony stockbrokers working out of Hungary will likely never see their money again, police say.
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Rate concerns shake up Swedish housing market
Business & Money: 12 Nov 09
Amid growing worries about a bubble in the Swedish housing market, warnings about future interest rate hikes appear to have caused a slowdown in rising home prices.
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AMF Pension CEO named Sweden's top businesswoman
Business & Money: 4 Mar 09
Ingrid Bonde, the head of Swedish pension firm AMF Pension, has been named Sweden’s most powerful businesswoman by a leading business magazine.
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Mogul's losses could cost Handelsbanken millions
Business & Money: 8 Jan 09
The stock deals by finance and real estate tycoon Maths O. Sundqvist which brought down the Carnegie investment bank may also end up costing Handelsbanken close to one billion kronor ($127 million).
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Porsche obliged to bid for Scania
National: 6 Jan 09
German sports car maker Porsche is obliged to place a bid for Swedish truck firm Scania after acquiring more that fifty percent of the voting stock in Volkswagen.
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State hopes to sell Carnegie 'in one piece'
Business & Money: 11 Nov 08
The new chair of recently nationalized Carnegie said on Tuesday he hopes the beleaguered Swedish investment bank can be sold in one piece, but that other alternatives are also under consideration.
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Swedish state takes over Carnegie
Business & Money: 10 Nov 08
Sweden’s Financial Supervisory Authority announced on Monday afternoon that it was revoking the licence of the embattled Carnegie investment bank and that the bank was to be taken over by the National Debt Office.
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Carnegie announces new share issue
Business & Money: 10 Nov 08
Beleaguered Swedish investment bank Carnegie announced on Monday it planned to issue 1.2 billion kronor ($153 million) in new shares to help keep the bank alive.
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Borg rips Swedish banks over bonuses
Business & Money: 31 Oct 08
Sweden’s finance minister Anders Borg lashed out at the country’s major banks and financial institutions on Friday for their hesitation to participate in the government’s financial sector support programme.
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Crisis prompts spike in financial crime reports
Business & Money: 30 Oct 08
If a recent increase in suspected cases of wrongdoing is any guide, it appears as if perpetrators of financial crimes in Sweden have no plans to let up due to the financial crisis.
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Carnegie granted multi-billion kronor loan
Business & Money: 28 Oct 08
Sweden's central bank has agreed to extend a five billion kronor loan ($609 million) to the troubled Carnegie investment bank.
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Swedish investment bank in freefall
Business & Money: 27 Oct 08
Shares in Sweden's Carnegie investment bank shed more than half their value on Monday following news that the bank was under investigation by financial authorities and had received an emergency loan from the Riksbank.
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Swedish banks 'well-equipped' for crisis
Business & Money: 15 Oct 08
Sweden's four largest banks are all well placed to ride out the current economic turbulence, according to the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority.
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Sweden to set up new bank crisis fund
Politics: 14 Oct 08
Sweden's Financial Markets Minister Mats Odell said on Tuesday the government was planning to unveil plans for a new fund to help bail out banks in the event of a financial emergency.
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Riksbank under fire amid pension fund fears
Business & Money: 9 Oct 08
A former Riksbank official has criticized the bank’s slow reaction to the current financial crisis as concerns mount about the vulnerability of Sweden’s pension funds to a continued drop in the stock market.
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Riksbank offers help to Icelandic subsidiary
Business & Money: 8 Oct 08
The Riksbank on Wednesday announced it was offering loan assistance of up to 5 billion kronor ($695 million) to the Swedish subsidiary of Iceland’s Kaupthing Bank.
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Upstart Swedish stock exchange loses licence
Business & Money: 1 Oct 08
Financial authorities in Sweden said on Wednesday they were withdrawing the licence of the NGM Stock Exchange for actions which have violated the “trust and confidence” of the agency.
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No reprieve for embattled Swedbank
Business & Money: 25 Sep 08
Calls by Swedbank for Swedish financial authorities to implement a ban on the short selling of stock have fallen on deaf ears.
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Economic downturn hasn't stopped Swedes from borrowing
Business & Money: 5 Aug 08
Despite higher interest rates, rising prices, and signs of slowing economy, Swedes have yet to curb their borrowing habits, according to new statistics.
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Pension fund poaches cheif regulator to be new CEO
Business & Money: 29 May 08
The head of Sweden’s Financial Supervisory Authority (Finansinspektionen), Ingrid Bonde, has announced she is stepping down to take a job leading one of Sweden’s largest pension funds.
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MAN not required to bid on remaining Scania shares
Business & Money: 10 Apr 08
The Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority has concluded that the German truck manufacturer MAN AG is not obliged to launch a bid on Scania AB.
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Dubai bid for OMX approved
Business & Money: 12 Nov 07
The Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority, Finansinspektionen (FI) has approved Borse Dubai's bid for Swedish stock exchange operator OMX.
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Investigation over possible insider trading in OMX
Business & Money: 9 Oct 07
Prosecutors in Stockholm have launched an investigation into possible insider trading in the days leading up to the announcement that Nasdaq and Borse Dubai had agreed to buy Nordic stock exchange operator OMX.
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Authorities to investigate seven investment banks
Business & Money: 5 Oct 07
The Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority said it will investigate seven other Swedish financial services companies in the wake of the valuation scandal at Carnegie.
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Top government aide quits
Politics: 1 Oct 07
A top Swedish government advisor has quit her job over her links to crisis-hit investment bank Carnegie. But Karin Forseke pointed out that her running of the bank had not been criticized.
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Inspectors close OMX investigation
Business & Money: 14 Sep 07
The Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority, Finansinspektionen (FI), said it has not found that OMX AB took any 'prohibited protective measures' against any the bids it received from Borse Dubai or Nasdaq, and has closed its investigation into the matter.
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OMX faces probe over resistance to Borse Dubai
Business & Money: 4 Sep 07
The Swedish financial service regulator said Tuesday it would investigate suspected illegal moves by Nordic market operator OMX to defend itself against a hostile takeover bid by Borse Dubai.
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Swedish authority 'did not find OMX insider trading evidence'
Business & Money: 31 Aug 07
Sweden's Financial Supervisory Authority has denied a story in this morning's Financial Times that it 'discovered evidence of possible insider trading in OMX AB shares' .
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Authorities consider investigation into OMX share trading
Business & Money: 30 Aug 07
Sweden's top white-collar crimes bureau will decide on Monday whether to launch a criminal investigation into allegations of insider dealing in Borse Dubai's acquisition of nearly 29 percent of Nordic exchanges operator OMX.
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Economic crimes bureau eyes OMX bid
Business & Money: 29 Aug 07
The National Economic Crimes Bureau is considering launching an investigation into trading in OMX shares in connection with Borse Dubai's bid for the Nordic exchange operator.
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No knuckle rap for Borse Dubai
Business & Money: 23 Aug 07
Swedish authorities have decided not to take disciplinary action against Borse Dubai despite the fact that the company broke Swedish law when it first announced its OMX takeover intentions.
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Borse Dubai awaits regulator's ruling
Business & Money: 22 Aug 07
Sweden's financial regulator is expected to issue a key ruling as early as Wednesday on whether Borse Dubai broke the law when it acquired a large stake in OMX ahead of launching a takeover bid.
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Dubai exchange denies bidding for OMX
Business & Money: 14 Aug 07
Borse Dubai said its recent book-building, which resulted in it taking a 4.9 percent direct stake in OMX and options for a further 22.5 percent, does not constitute a public takeover offer for the Nordic bourse owner.
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Swedes duped into buying fake shares
National: 30 Jun 07
Fake stockbrokers are tricking Swedes into buying shares which do not exist, it has been reported. Using an apparently simple confidence trick, fraudsters are thought to be earning enormous amounts of cash.
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One in five 'could not handle suprise costs'
Business & Money: 27 Jun 07
One in five Swedish households does not have enough savings to cope with unexpected costs of more than 20,000 kronor, according to a new survey.
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Internet banking thefts rise dramatically
National: 18 Jun 07
The number of attempted thefts over internet banking sites in Sweden increased by 3,000 percent last year. Online fraudsters laid their hands on a total of eight million kronor belonging to 300 bank customers.
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'Several million' kronor found in insider trading raid
Business & Money: 18 Apr 07
Prosecutors have asked for the two main suspects in an ongoing insider trading investigation to be detained in custody until detention proceedings are held later this week.
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Two arrested in major insider trading probe
Business & Money: 16 Apr 07
Two people have been arrested for insider trading allegedly worth many millions of kronor. One of those accused is suspected of making 50 million kronor over two years.
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Swedish banks face million-crown fines
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