JOOL Markets AS, Sweden branch opens Stockholm office

JOOL Markets AS, Sweden branch has opened a Stockholm office, further strengthening the company’s presence in the Nordic region. The newly established Stockholm office will expand the company’s core business of arranging growth financing for small and mid-sized Nordic companies while providing investors with high yield investment opportunities in the DCM space.

Heading the Stockholm office is Lars Wahlberg, previously in different senior positions and companies within the Swedish financial industry, such as Wasa Försäkring, Länsförsäkringar and Handelsbanken Liv. In addition, Wahlberg has experience as founder and CEO of Säkra Stockholm NoWa AB, providing investment advisory and pension planning services.

Also joining the Stockholm office management team is Felix Stefansson, Head of Intermediary Sales at JOOL Markets AS, Sweden branch and Partner at JOOL Capital Partner AB. Stefansson has several years of experience from positions within the JOOL Group, Trygg-Hansa and IF.

Lars Wahlberg comments: ”Our Stockholm office will enable JOOL Markets to better serve our growing Swedish client base and meet the increasing demand for our unique corporate bond offering.”

Thorvald Steen, CEO of JOOL Markets AS, comments: “Establishing JOOL Markets in one of the key financial regions of Scandinavia will play a significant part in our continued growth in the Swedish DCM segment.”