Arctic Securities announce the acquisition of the capital markets specialist Nordic Fixed Income

Arctic Securities AS is in a phase of increasing its international focus and presence. Today Arctic can announce the acquisition of the Stockholm based capital markets specialist, Nordic Fixed Income (“NFI”). NFI has 12 employees and is an independent player owned by employees and Catella AB.

• Arctic has in recent years seen a strong increase in the Swedish high-yield and real estate market and have been looking for a platform for further increasing the distribution capabilities for both equities and bonds in the Swedish market, says Mads Syversen, CEO of Arctic Securities AS.

Arctic has the abition to build further on this acquisition to leverage off the strong capabilities within real estate syndication, distribution and capital markets transactions. The Nordic Investement bank has previously announced the opening of a full-scale office in New York later this year as well as the co-operation agreement with DVB Bank.

The Swedish operation will be rebranded Arctic after completion and will be led by Anna Ringby as CEO.

• We are very proud to have found a new owner in Arctic Securities. The combination of the two will be a very strong challenger in the Nordic capital markts, says Anna Ringby CEO of Nordic Fixed Income.
• This transaction will enable the Stockholm office to broaden our products for our clients. We are very excited to be a part of the new organization, Rigby adds.

Mads Syversen in Arctic Securities expect the transaction to be concluded within three months.

Prospective questions may be raised to:

CEO of Arctic Securities, Mads Syversen. Cell: +47 48 40 31 01

CEO of Nordic Fixed Income, Anna Ringby. Cell: +46 84 63 32 41