Carnegie Investment Bank AB: Carnegie Number 1 in Prospera Ranking

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Carnegie Investment Bank (STO:CAR) retains its top position according to the 24 largest institutions on the OMX Nordic Exchange Stockholm in Prospera’s annual survey "Equity Trade 2008”.

Carnegie also has the largest market share in commission based income on the OMX Nordic Exchange Stockholm, around 16 per cent, according to Prospera’s survey. The results are based on interviews with portfolio managers and analysts at 60 different institutions. The interviews were made during October and November 2008.

”The results are very satisfying, especially given that the survey was made during October and November which was a turbulent period for us. This is strong evidence that clients trust us and rely on our performance”, says Peter Lagerlöf, Head of Securities Sweden at Carnegie.

Split up per business activity, Carnegie was ranked number one in both Sales trading and Research.

A total of 20 investment banks were covered in Prospera’s survey.

Carnegie Investment Bank AB (publ) is a leading independent investment bank with Nordic focus. Carnegie provides value-added services in securities brokering, investment banking, asset management and private banking. Carnegie has approximately 800 employees in eight countries.

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