from Business Insider Nordic
by Tom Turula (news of March 13th, 2017)

Two of Sweden’s biggest sports stars of recent years, ice hockey defender Nicklas Lidström and tennis star Stefan Edberg, are used to winning, having climbed to the very top in their respective sports.

It turns out their post-sports careers maintain a winning trend as well; this time through investment company Case.

Case just won the Best Swedish Corporate Bond Fund 2017 in Morningstar's annual Fund Awards, which recognizes the industry's best performers in dozens of diffent countries.

“We are incredibly happy about winning this prize, and it shows that we have chosen the right strategy, which is to give our investors a safe and stable return,” said the NHL-star Nicklas Lidström about the accolade.

from Idrottens Affärer
translated into English by Mauro Cappiello

Nicklas Lidström and Stefan Edberg, two of Swedish sport's most successful athletes. And two who created a fortune thanks to their own success. Now they become business partners.

Nicklas Lidström becomes shareholder of the asset management company Case where Stefan Edberg is the majority shareholder.

Johan Andrassy, ​​CEO at Case with headquarters in Stockholm, is very proud to tie his company with another one of Sweden's foremost sporting profiles. Since 2004 tennis legend Stefan Edberg is the majority owner and now hockey legend Nicklas Lidström is the next sport profile to become a partner in Case.

- Nicklas Lidström has a winning mentality and his values ​​are very close to us at Case. He has high integrity, is professional in everything he does and leaves nothing to chance. Nicklas strengthens our company in many ways and I am glad that he is one of us, says Johan Andrassy.

from Investment Europe.net
by Jonathan Boyd

Former tennis star Stefan Edberg and other co-owners of Sweden's Case Asset Management have been hit by a foul call after it was revealed the manager may have hidden higher fees stemming from investments in its own funds.

The practice of a manager's funds investing in each other is legal in the Swedish funds market, as long as investors are fully advised of the ramifications of such investment activity - including any additional indirect costs. However, it is understood following an investigation by Dagens Industri that Case did not ensure all such information was fully shared with its investors.

from Spiegel.de
by Karin Schmidt
translated into English by Doris

He fought against Boris Becker, won 6 Grand Slam titles and was leading the world rankings for 72 weeks. Meanwhile the former tennis professional Stefan Edberg works in his own financial management company. In this interview with “The Investment” he explains why investing money is much more different than playing tennis.

How did it happen that you got from a tennis player to a financial professional?

Edberg: As a professional tennis player you earn lots of money within a short time. I earned about 20 million dollars in my 13 years of professional career. During my active time I ceded the investment of my fortune to other people. Especially as a young player you only concentrate on your sport. You practice, eat and sleep, nothing more. But I was always interested in finances. After the end of my career I decided to care alone for it. I started to inform myself, read financial pages in the internet. I wanted to find out which ways there are to invest money.

Have you ever gambled away?

Edberg: I didn’t really lose much money. I’m cautious with investing. But since the dot-com bubble – where I had invested much in stocks – I believe in diversification. In the current crisis this works quite well.

How do you invest your money?

Edberg: I live in Växjö on an own farm with forested area where I lease the fields. I have also bought apartment buildings nearby. I invested much money in corporate bonds, especially from Sweden. In the current international debt crisis I feel more comfortable to give my money to a good Swedish bank instead of investing in consoles.

from Bloomberg.com
by Danielle Rossingh

May 25 (Bloomberg) -- Stefan Edberg won six Grand Slam singles titles thanks to an aggressive serve-and-volley style. The Swede is taking a more careful approach when it comes to investing as he bets on bonds.

Edberg, 45, retired in 1996 with 42 singles titles, four Davis Cups and an Olympic bronze medal. The Hall of Famer, a former No. 1-ranked player who earned more than $20 million during his tennis career, now manages most of his wealth himself and is a part-owner and board member of Stockholm-based investment company Case Asset Management, which manages 5 billion kronor ($800 million).

"I retired and suddenly, I had a lot of time," Edberg said in a telephone interview from Vaxjo, where he lives with his wife and two teenage children in a farmhouse about 275 miles south of Stockholm. "I didn't have to train three to four hours every day. That's really where the interest in investing started."

Case, which Edberg co-founded with Swedish investors Bo Pettersson and Fredrik Svensson, in January introduced a Nordic corporate bond fund called Safe Play, which manages 750 million kronor. Together with Swedish bank Sparbanken 1862, Edberg has invested 50 million kronor in the fund, which is mainly focused on Nordic corporate loans with high credit ratings.

from Aftonbladet.se
by Hans Abrahamsson
translated into English by Mauro Cappiello

Stefan Edberg seems to be interested in sponsoring the hockey team of the city where he lives in Sweden, who is likely to compete in the Major league next year

Tomorrow, Växjö can secure a premier division place.

And now multi-millionaire and former tennis star Stefan Edberg, 45, will go in and sponsor the new team.

"In all probability it will be so", said Edberg to Sportbladet.

Stefan Edberg is one of history's most distinguished tennis player. Whe he quit tennis, he has opted for a career as a financier - and he has been successful also in the business world.

According to the online magazine of sport business, today he has a fortune of 500 million kronor (55,5 million euros, ann.).

The two-time Wimbledon champion is now willing to bet some of those money on the Lakers.

from Sunday Times
by Alexandra Goss

Fame and fortune. Stefan Edberg talks to Alexandra Goss. The former world No1 is applying his winning attitude to fund management.

STEFAN EDBERG is a former world number one tennis player who has now set out to dominate the fund management industry. In a professional tennis career spanning 13 years, Edberg, who is Swedish, won six Grand Slam singles titles and three Grand Slam men’s doubles titles.

Apart from John McEnroe, he is the only player to have been ranked number one in both singles and doubles. By the time he retired from the professional circuit in 1996, Edberg, 45, had netted himself more than $20m (£12m) in prize money. A desire to take control of his winnings led him to set up Case Asset Management in Stockholm in 2004, along with former hedge fund managers Bo Pettersson and Fredrik Svensson.

The company launched its Safe Play fund in January, which invests in Nordic corporate bonds, an area in which it became heavily involved during the financial crisis. Edberg lives in Vaxjo, southern Sweden, with wife Annette, 45, and their children Emilie, 17, and Christopher, 14.

from CityWire.co.uk
by Philip Haddon

19 years ago Stefan Edberg beat Pete Sampras in the US Open to win the sixth and final Grand Slam tennis title of his career - but now, he tells Citywire, he is looking to beat the fund management competition with his firm Case Asset Management.

He set up Stockholm-based Case along with former Catella hedge fund managers Bo Pettersson and Fredrik Svensson in 2004, having developed a taste for financial markets when he ended his tennis career with total winnings of more than $20 million.

'I had no interest in investing at the beginning of my career, but after I started being successful I wanted to take control of my own money and life: that's how i got involved and interested,' Edberg, who is now based just outside the city of Växjö, said.

from Dagens Ps.se
translated into English by Markus Zacharski

The former tennis professional Stefan Edberg is good for many hundred millions (Swedish crowns). In the latest issue of the newspaper "Aktiespararen" he unveils his investment strategy.

Stefan Edberg brought in 20 million dollars during his career 1982-1996 and is devoted to manage his increasing stock portfolio about 20 hour a week. Motto is: long-range planning and distribution of risk. Edberg has an annual increase of 10 percent.

"That may sound modest but in times of low inflation this is totally sufficient so that I can ensure the future of myself and my family long ahead", he says to Aktiespararen and adds that the whole capital shall give this profit, not only shares.

Regarding shares in the portfolio, the 41-year-old Stefan Edberg places - according to the formula 100 minus own age - about 60 percent shares. 40 percent of these shares lie in foreign companies, in both different markets and currencies.

from Svd.se
by Anna Asker
translated into English by Markus Zacharski

Stefan Edberg earned a good 150 million crowns during his time as a tennis professional. In addition there are incomes from sponsor contracts. Today he invests much work to let the earned capital grow. Money has been a motivation in his career, particularly at the beginning.

"I grew up in a quite normal family so it was badly off, I used to say, but it went well anyhow. Already as an 11 year-old I got the chance to earn money. I had a little contract with a racket and clothes manufacturer. If I won the junior Swedish championship I got 500 crowns but thus I was forced to win. That was a carrot", Stefan Edberg says who earned 20 million dollars during his tennis career.

Stefan Edberg grew up in a middle class home. Daddie was a detective inspector and mum a housewife. His parents mortgaged the house in order to have money for their child's journeys and training.