Sweden sails on to the world market

A SUPPLEMENT TO EUROMONEY/JUNE 1996 America discovers Sweden US investors have uncovered the delights of large companies whose ownership may be Swedish but whose business is international. Less well understood are some world-beating resource-based companies. Nick Kochan reports US pension funds, once the great absentees from the Swedish corporate scene, have embraced the country’s leading […]

A SUPPLEMENT TO EUROMONEY/JUNE 1996

America discovers Sweden

US investors have uncovered the delights of large companies whose ownership may be Swedish but whose business is international. Less well understood are some world-beating resource-based companies. Nick Kochan reports

US pension funds, once the great absentees from the Swedish corporate scene, have embraced the country’s leading names. Their enthusiasm showed recently when Scania became the first Swedish company to list on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).

The Swedish presence on the American big board will increase when Astra and Investor obtain listings later this year.

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