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The Swedbank logo is pictured on its branch in Riga October 21, 2014. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins/File Photo

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NEWS: Russia’s Lukoil, under sanctions, agrees to sell $22 billion assets to US Carlyle Group

By Johan Ahlander

SWEDISH banking group Swedbank beat fourth-quarter operating earnings forecasts and proposed a higher-than-expected annual dividend after the end of a U.S. money-laundering probe meant it didn’t have to hold extra capital.

Sweden’s biggest mortgage lender proposed an annual dividend of 29.80 crowns per share, including a special dividend of 9.35 crowns. This was up from 21.70 crowns per share a year ago and above the 19.63 crowns per share seen by analysts.

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