“Swedbank in penningtvättsskandal”
“the Swedish shareholders: Consider to set up the meeting.”
“Exceptionally, and absolutely dizzying. It happens in Swedbank is so dramatic that the Annual ceo thinks that the board should consider whether the meeting at all must be kept.”
“It is framed by a suspicion of money laundering, the lies of the authorities in the united states, insider dealing and so late as yesterday evening roughly scam after the raid on the headquarters.”
“the Developments in Swedbank is dramatic and exceptional after that the serious fraud office extended the investigation even to the grossly fraudulent activity, says the shareholder association president Joacim Olsson. “
“Wednesday night big news from the prosecutor that the investigation now expanded to cover even grossly fraudulent activity, then the bank may have misled the market concerning the penningstvättsaffären, is purely sensational, he thinks. In the day, the bank shall keep tune, and ceo Birgitte Bonnesen, and the board of directors Lars Idermark in the tip must tell you about the bank’s dealings.”
“– I think that the situation is staggering. It has never happened before that authority makes the foray the day before a meeting. I think that the board should consider if any shall have to sue in the day. If the majority owners come to the conclusion that the meeting should still be held, and all the signs are there, so I do not think that they shall grant the discharge, ” says Joacim Olsson to the TT early in the morning.”
“He thinks it is absolutely necessary to the bank’s management is now trying to regain control of the situation, which is only becoming more chaotic. One way is to set up the meeting, and give the committee a chance to try to get a new board quickly as the eye.”
“– It requires a fresh start. You must show that you mean business. Management must present a plan, and at least parts of the board must be replaced, ” says Joacim Olsson.”
“the Background to the latest drama is that among the other shareholders can have been duped by the bank and the Bonnesen about the suspected money laundering. It is precisely there that the latest suspicions of serious fraud is all about. The case of information provided by bank representatives, beginning on 23 October last year. It was then, in connection with a quarterly report, which Bonnesen assured the public that the bank did not have any unwashed bykar in the Baltic countries, similar to the Danske Bank’s huge penningtvättshärva.”
“– With the whole of that come up in this Danskehistorien can I be absolutely sure, we’ve gone through everything, she said, for example, to the TT.”
“there is No person at the bank is, however, at this stage, notified the suspicion of a crime, and Bonnesen promised on Wednesday night in a statement that”
“the Owners have, however, literally miljardvis reasons to be unhappy with their investment. Tens of billions of dollars in market capitalization have been thwarted in half a year. Both the serious fraud office as the supervisory authorities in Sweden, Estonia and the united states-the state of New York is investigating the company. In the worst cases, threaten u.s. jätteböter.”
“the Eyes is also how the reasoning goes among foreign owners, the u.s. Blackrock, with 2.6 per cent, or Norges bank, with 2.2 per cent.,”
“If the board of directors and the ceo is not given a discharge, the owners, with existing information on 2018 years in the business, sue the ceo and board members. If new information comes to light, or if the ceo or board members convicted of a crime, it does however discharge no role. Then, it is possible to direct the claims anyway.”
“not To grant discharge is also a clear signal of the owners’ discontent.”
“the major banks have Swedbank had, at a survey at the end of February a total of 326 114 owners. The greatest was Sparbanksgruppen, and Folksam, which together with Swedbank Robur and Sparbanksstiftelserna owns nearly 26 per cent of the shares.”
“Owners and their holdings in%:”
“1) Sparbanksgruppen of 10.7”
“4) Swedbank Robur 4,7”
“6) Sparbanksstiftelser 3,4”
“Source: Swedbanku002FModular Finance”
