Microsoft announces major AI investment in Sweden
In line with government’s commitment to increase innovation, competitiveness and national resilience
In line with government’s commitment to increase innovation, competitiveness and national resilience
Finnish firm Valmet has signed a €175m loan agreement with the EIB to support its efforts to finance technologies that replace fossil fuels with renewables. According to the company, the financing aims to enhance the resource and energy efficiency as well as the performance of Valmet’s technology, promote the use of recyclable raw materials and…
Latest funding an extension of the $1.1bn convertible issued in July 2022
Strategies made available in Finland, Norway, and Sweden
The Investment Management Corporation of Ontario (IMCO) is to allocate $400m (€365m) into Swedish company Northvolt. The Canadian firm, which manages $79bn of assets for public-sector entities and other clients, said the funding would enable the battery maker’s planned expansion. It referred to Northvolt’s first gigafactory in northern Sweden, which produces batteries using fossil-fuel electricity.…
Both nations have signed ‘contribution agreements’
A Nordic-centred deal worth €2.3bn to generate onshore wind power in Finland has been struck. Danish firm Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners and Finnish company Myrsky Energia have signed a cooperation agreement to build 1,800 MW of wind power in the next decade, according to multiple reports from the region. The construction, it is understood, will take…
The national bank of Sweden has said it will raise its policy rate to 3.5%, with further increases expected. In a statement, Sveriges Riksbank said the rise would become effective from 3 May after the executive board gave assent to the increase of 0.5 percentage points. It added the rate would be raised by another…
Savills Investment Management has agreed to buy €100m worth of residential property in Sweden, adding the buildings to its European Living platform. The firm said the deal would comprise six buildings across the cities of Uppsala, Västerås and Gävle, all of which were built in the last four years. It added that five out of…
A pension fund and an institutional investor from Denmark have already committed money
In an appointment ‘instrumental to the firm’s expansion’ in the region
High-risk customer transactions generated up to 99% of the branch’s profits