SEB Merchant Banking launches “Dynamic Manager Alpha” product

SEB Merchant Banking is expanding its offering of the Dynamic Manager Alpha product, an investment product for institutional investors, aiming to capture abovemarket returns while minimizing market directional risk. Choosing from a diversified and optimized selection of some of the most successful mutual fund managers in the world, the Dynamic Manager Alpha is designed to provide high-grade alpha. “Institutional investors are looking for a liquid high-grade Alpha product which enhances portfolio efficiency,” says Peter Ekegårdh, Chief Operating Officer A-TCM at SEB Merchant Banking. "The Dynamic Manager Alpha offers flexibility in packaging with respect to gearing, capital protection or on top of a tailored beta exposure.” The Dynamic Manager Alpha has already attracted several private placements in various formats and is now available and targeted to institutional investors in the broader Northern Europe market. SEB Merchant Banking is the corporate and institutional banking division of SEB Group- a Northern European financial banking group. In addition to Sweden, SEB Merchant Banking operates in 11 countries and is a leading provider in cash and securities clearing, corporate and financial institution cash management, trade finance, investment banking and trading in capital markets. About SEB Since the Bank opened in 1856, generations of customers and employees have made SEB what it is today. This year the Group is celebrating 150 years of looking forward. The SEB Group is a North European financial group for 400,000 corporate customers and institutions, and 5 million private customers. SEB has local presence in the Nordic and Baltic countries, Germany, Poland and the Ukraine. Approximately half of SEB’s customers use the internet for their banking transactions. On 30 June 2006, the Group’s total assets amounted to SEK 1,986bn while its assets under management totalled SEK 1,086bn. The Group is represented in some 20 countries around the world and has a staff of about 20,000. Read more about SEB at www.sebgroup.com. ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Peter Ekegårdh, Chief Operating Officer, A-TCM, SEB Merchant Banking in Stockholm, tel+ 46 9 506 23205. e-mail: Peter.ekegårdh@seb.se Elisabeth Lennhede, Communications Manager, SEB Merchant Banking in Stockholm, tel: +46 707 63 99 16. e-mail: elisabeth.lennhede@seb.se