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Sweden

With the majority of ratings sitting within the Good range , and an overall rating of 5.38 , only Relationship Management ( 6.16 ) has shifted up into the Very Good Range . Much like the other Nordic countries , there is quite the spread of client size this year – although again it is clients within the $ 250million- $ 1billion bracket which have rated providers in Sweden the highest ( 6.23 ). Three categories have seen a slight decline in ratings in the last 12 months . The Securities Lending ’ s score has dropped by 0.38 , while the other two – Regulation and Compliance ( down 0.02 ) and Technology ( down 0.08 ) saw marginal falls .

SEB SEB has had quite the year , scoring an average of 5.99 to sit just shy of the Very Good range . The provider will be pleased to see that every single category has seen an uptick in rating this year , while an impressive seven of 13 categories score above 6.00 . This is up from just two , in 2023 . Data Services has seen that largest annual increase – increasing by 88 basis points . This is followed by Service
Innovation ( up 0.78 ) and Relationship Management ( up 0.68 ). When it comes to Relationship Management however , this improvement in scores is largely based upon the providers “ excellent client focus ”, according to one respondent .
Sweden
Sweden 2024
Sweden 2023
Global Average
Difference to Global
SEB
Account Management
5.78
5.55
5.83
-0.04
6.50
Asset Safety and risk management
5.57
5.37
5.73
-0.16
6.18
Asset Servicing
5.53
5.30
5.59
-0.06
5.95
Cash Management and FX
5.38
5.22
5.46
-0.09
6.18
Client Service
5.72
5.55
5.84
-0.11
6.25
Data Services
5.14
5.07
5.44
-0.30
5.88
Service Innovation
5.47
5.12
5.43
0.03
6.16
Liquidity Management
5.05
5.00
5.41
-0.36
5.62
Pricing
5.02
4.95
5.20
-0.19
5.41
Regulation and Compliance
5.33
5.35
5.57
-0.24
5.79
Relationship Management
6.16
5.77
6.15
0.00
6.68
Securities Lending
4.62
5.00
5.17
-0.55
5.20
Technology
5.18
5.26
5.33
-0.14
6.13
Average
5.38
5.27
5.55
-0.17
5.99
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