Overview
Lobbying Costs
150,000€
Financial year: Jan 2017 - Dec 2017
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.25 Fte (1)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
12
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Svenska Handelsbanken AB (Handelsbanken)
EU Transparency Register
933950717522-28 First registered on 27 May 2015
Goals / Remit
Handelsbanken is a full-service bank with a nationwide branch network in Sweden, the UK, Denmark, Finland, Norway and the Netherlands. The Bank regards these six countries as its home markets. Handelsbanken was founded in 1871 and currently has just over 11,000 employees working in a total of 24 countries.
Since the early 1970s, Handelsbanken's organisation has been strongly decentralised and operations are always based on the customer's requirements. This means that all business decisions regarding individual customer's relationship with the Bank are taken close to the customer.
Handelsbanken has more satisfied customers than peer banks, is one of the most cost-effective listed full-service banks in Europe and every year during the past 45 years has had higher return on equity than the average of peer banks.
Handelsbanken's goal
* Handelsbank's goal is to have higher profitability than the average for its competitiors
* The goal should be achieved by the Bank having more satisfied customers and lower costs than its competitors
Handelsbanken's strengths
* Handelsbanken has had higher profitability than the average for its competitors for the past 45 years
* Since surveys started in 1989, Handelsbanken has had the highest level of customer satisfaction among peer banks
* Handelsbanken has been the most cost-effective full service bank in Europe for many years
* For a long time, Handelsbanken has had a lower loan loss ratio than its competitors
Handelsbanken's corporate philosophy
* A strongly decentralised organisation - the branch is the Bank
* The customer in focus - not individuals products
* Profitablity is always given higher priority than volumes
* A long-term perspectiveMain EU files targeted
The EU banking package, revisions of BRRD, CRD and CRR. also other files related to financial services like the implementation of PSD2
Address
Head Office
Kungsträdgårdsgatan 2
Stockholm SE-106 70
SWEDEN -
People
Total lobbyists declared
1
Employment time Lobbyists 25% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.25
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Mr Martin Blåvarg (Head of Group Financial Control)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Anders Bouvin (Chief Executive Officer)
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Categories
Category
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations
Subcategory
Companies & groups
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Networking
Affiliation
Handelsbanken is a member of multiple trade associations in the financial services area such as Swedish Banker's Association, Swedish Securities European Banking Federation, European Covered Bond Council and others (non exhaustive list)
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2017 - Dec 2017
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
150,000€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
None
Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
12 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
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Date 19 Feb 2020 Location Brussels Subject Presentation of Handelsbanken's position on Basel III Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio An Economy that Works for People Attending - Michael Hager (Cabinet member)
- Jérôme Deslandes (Cabinet member)
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Date 19 Feb 2020 Location BRUSSELS Subject Courtesy meeting Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Ylva Johansson Portfolio Home Affairs Attending - Asa Webber (Cabinet member)
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Date 19 Feb 2020 Location Brussels Subject Basel III DG Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - John Berrigan (Director-General)
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Date 03 Apr 2019 Location Brussels Subject Basel Implementation Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio Euro and Social Dialogue, also in charge of Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Jan Ceyssens (Cabinet member)
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Date 03 Apr 2019 Location Brussels Subject Basel Implementation Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Nathalie De Basaldua Lemarchand (Cabinet member)
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Date 03 Apr 2019 Location Brussels Subject Neighbourhood & Enlargement Negotiations DG European Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations Attending - Christian Danielsson (Director-General)
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Date 26 Sep 2018 Location Brussels Subject Banking Package Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio Euro and Social Dialogue, also in charge of Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Jan Ceyssens (Cabinet member)
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Date 26 Sep 2018 Location Brussels Subject Banking Union Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker Portfolio President Attending - Paulina Dejmek Hack (Cabinet member)
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Date 17 May 2018 Location Brussels Subject Update on current/ongoing trade negotiations Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström Portfolio Trade Attending - Maria Asenius (Cabinet member)
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Date 21 Nov 2017 Location Brussels Subject Risk Reduction Measures Package Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio Euro and Social Dialogue, also in charge of Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Jan Ceyssens (Cabinet member)
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Date 07 Jun 2017 Location Brussels Subject Capital Markets Union Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker Portfolio President Attending - Paulina Dejmek Hack (Cabinet member)
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Date 19 Nov 2015 Location Brussels Subject EU legislation in the field of financial services Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker Portfolio President Attending - Paulina Dejmek Hack (Cabinet member)