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Weekly Roundup: Swedbank Replaces Chief Executive, Opioid Manufacturer Accused of Hiding Wealth Offshore, and More

Swedbank's board fired chief executive Birgitte Bonnesen over her handling of the Swedish lender's exposure to a money-laundering scandal involving Danske Bank Estonia, the Financial Times reported. More New York's attorney general filed a lawsuit accusing members of the Sackler family, owners of top opioid manufacturer Purdue Pharma, of using legal entities to move hundreds of millions of dollars offshore to avoid litigation stemming from the over-prescription and subsequent widespread abuse of OxyContin and other drugs, The New York Times reported. More Finland's Nordea and Sweden's SEB banking group have been asked by New York regulators to hand over data...

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