https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Sweden in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Swedish financier Maths O Sundqvist, whose risky deals led to the 2008 demise of the Carnegie investment bank, was found dead near an all-terrain vehicle in northern Sweden on Sunday morning. https://www.thelocal.se/20120923/43402 Sun, 23 Sep 2012 18:39:00 +0200 43402 Three former traders at investment bank Carnegie have been acquitted by Stockholm District Court on charges of illegal price manipulation. https://www.thelocal.se/20101215/30870 Wed, 15 Dec 2010 15:13:00 +0100 30870 HQ Bank’s previous parent company, publicly listed HQ AB, has reported a former manager to the police for what it sees as partial responsibility for the bank’s collapse. https://www.thelocal.se/20100915/29006 Wed, 15 Sep 2010 12:27:00 +0200 29006 Fears of widespread withdrawals at HQ Bank proved unfounded when it reopened its doors on Monday morning. https://www.thelocal.se/20100906/28798 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 13:51:00 +0200 28798 The Swedish Economic Crime Authority (Ekobrottsmyndigheten, EBM) is launching an investigation into suspected fraud and accounting crimes at HQ Bank. https://www.thelocal.se/20100903/28756 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:55:00 +0200 28756 Investment bank Carnegie has signed a deal to take over crisis-hit sector colleague HQ Bank, with payment amounting to 268 million kronor ($36.8 million) to settle employee stock options and client obligations. https://www.thelocal.se/20100903/28746 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:47:00 +0200 28746 The former owners of Carnegie Investment Bank are suing the Swedish state for 8.4 billion kronor ($1.1 billion) over the enforced takeover of the bank during the financial crisis in 2008. https://www.thelocal.se/20100520/26762 Thu, 20 May 2010 20:10:00 +0200 26762 The Swedish National Debt Office's (Riksgälden) controversial takeover of investment bank Carnegie in 2008 has been given the green light by the European Commission. https://www.thelocal.se/20100514/26646 Fri, 14 May 2010 17:48:00 +0200 26646 Three former traders at Carnegie have been charged with illegal price manipulation carried out in the years before the Swedish investment bank's forced nationalization. https://www.thelocal.se/20100316/25560 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:19:00 +0100 25560 Swedish financier Maths O Sundqvist has reached an agreement with his main creditor, investment bank Carnegie, which will now assume control of his business empire. https://www.thelocal.se/20090317/18264 Tue, 17 Mar 2009 12:02:00 +0100 18264 Sweden’s National Debt Office (Riksgälden) has agreed to sell the Carnegie investment bank for a total of 2.28 billion kronor ($276 million), the agency announced on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.se/20090211/17500 Wed, 11 Feb 2009 09:37:00 +0100 17500 Sweden is reported to have found a buyer for Carnegie, the embattled investment bank that was nationalized towards the end of last year. https://www.thelocal.se/20090209/17452 Mon, 09 Feb 2009 10:35:00 +0100 17452 The stock deals by finance and real estate tycoon Maths O. Sundqvist which brought down the Carnegie investment bank may also end up costing Handelsbanken close to one billion kronor ($127 million). https://www.thelocal.se/20090108/16804 Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:05:00 +0100 16804 Sweden on Tuesday received approval from the European Commission to move forward with its planned bailout of the troubled Carnegie investment bank. https://www.thelocal.se/20081216/16376 Tue, 16 Dec 2008 12:12:00 +0100 16376 Sweden's National Debt Office (Riksgälden) said on Friday it plans to sell Carnegie's investment banking arm and insurance broker Max Matthiessen as separate units. https://www.thelocal.se/20081121/15850 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:08:00 +0100 15850 The new chair of recently nationalized Carnegie said on Tuesday he hopes the beleaguered Swedish investment bank can be sold in one piece, but that other alternatives are also under consideration. https://www.thelocal.se/20081111/15604 Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:21:00 +0100 15604 Sweden’s Financial Supervisory Authority announced on Monday afternoon that it was revoking the licence of the embattled Carnegie investment bank and that the bank was to be taken over by the National Debt Office. https://www.thelocal.se/20081110/15588 Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:06:00 +0100 15588 Beleaguered Swedish investment bank Carnegie announced on Monday it planned to issue 1.2 billion kronor ($153 million) in new shares to help keep the bank alive. https://www.thelocal.se/20081110/15574 Mon, 10 Nov 2008 10:33:00 +0100 15574 Sweden's central bank has agreed to extend a five billion kronor loan ($609 million) to the troubled Carnegie investment bank. https://www.thelocal.se/20081028/15262 Tue, 28 Oct 2008 12:15:00 +0100 15262 Shares in Sweden's Carnegie investment bank shed more than half their value on Monday following news that the bank was under investigation by financial authorities and had received an emergency loan from the Riksbank. https://www.thelocal.se/20081027/15234 Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:00:00 +0100 15234