SEB picks new external manager for fund

The second-largest Nordic asset manager is making several changes to one of its investment funds.

Stockholm-based SEB Investment Management (SEB IM) is changing external investment manager for its US-focused large cap equity strategy SEB Fund 1 - SEB US ALL Cap.

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