The Swedish Financial Market 2024: The financial system is large, complex and constantly evolving
News The financial system fulfils an important function in society, for both private individuals and businesses. The financial market is evolving rapidly, with constantly new participants and a growing range of services. The new edition of the report The Swedish Financial Market provides a comprehensive overview of the Swedish financial system.
The report describes the financial system in terms of its basic functions and key participants. To give the reader an overall picture, the report focuses on describing the system at an overarching level, demonstrating its size and pointing out the links and connections between different participants. It addresses the role of households, businesses and the public sector in the system and describes the key intermediaries such as banks, fund managers and insurance and pension firms. It also provides an overview of the financial infrastructure used for payments and securities transactions.
"We are pleased to be able to publish The Swedish Financial Market again, which has been a very popular report over the years. The aim of the report is to help increase knowledge and understanding of the functioning and development of the financial system. The report is primarily aimed at students and interested members of the public, but also at professional financial market participants", says Governor Erik Thedéen.
The Swedish financial market was last published in 2016. The ambition is to publish the report on a regular basis. An English version of The Swedish Financial Market will be published in August.