The Swedish National Debt Office has today appointed Barclays Capital to be a primary dealer in nominal government bonds from 1 July 2007.
We currently have seven primary dealers in nominal government bonds. We are very pleased to add Barclays Capital to that list.
The primary dealers are the Debt Office's most important sales channel of nominal government bonds. The formal demands on primary dealers can be found in the primary dealer agreements. It is important that the primary dealers have a long-term commitment in the Swedish fixed-income market. In our judgement, Barclays Capital has the intention and ambition to become a long-term participant in the Swedish fixed-income market, and that they will give an important contribution to us as a primary dealer.
Our current primary dealers are ABN Amro Bank, Danske Bank Consensus, E. Öhman J:or Fondkommission, Nordea, SEB, Svenska Handelsbanken and Swedbank.
For further information, please contact:
Thomas Olofsson, Head of Funding, phone +46 8 613 47 82
Charlotte Lundberg, Head of Debt Management, phone +46 8 613 46 47