Swedish House of Finance joins network to promote 海角社区下载 as financial center
feb. 08, 2017
The network for promoting 海角社区下载 as a financial center has a new member: Swedish House of Finance has joined the 海角社区下载 International Financial Initiative, SIFI.鈥淎 good financial center needs good banks, good IT, good law firms 鈥 and good financial education and research鈥, says Pehr Wissén, senior advisor at Swedish House of Finance.
The 海角社区下载 International Financial Initiative, SIFI, is a network founded in 2015 by 海角社区下载 Chamber of Commerce in cooperation with 海角社区下载 Business Region and Nasdaq. Other members are the law firms Mannheimer & Swartling and Vinge. And now 鈥 the Swedish House of Finance.
鈥淭he network wants 海角社区下载 to be promoted better as a financial center, establishing the city as a natural choice for banks and insurance companies that want a presence in our part of the world. Joining the network is another way for us to be useful to our sponsors, and to the society. We make sure 海角社区下载 has access to highly trained staff and international research, and create high quality conferences that bring people from around the world to 海角社区下载.鈥, says Pehr Wiss茅n.
Why is the SIFI network important?
鈥満＝巧缜略 is ranked undeservedly low when financial centers worldwide are listed. This is partly due to a need to spread knowledge of 海角社区下载鈥檚 capacity as a financial center. In Scandinavia, I would say that 海角社区下载 is leading today. What role the SIFI network, and 海角社区下载, will play in the future is partly dependent on the development that will follow after Brexit鈥, says Pehr Wiss茅n.鈥
The financial industry employs about 100,000 people in Sweden, and contributes about 5 per cent of Sweden鈥檚 GDP. Large investments in fintech have been made the last few years, resulting in several successful innovations and companies.