Raiffeisen Centrobank flooded with international awards

London/Vienna – Raiffeisen Centrobank (RCB) was awarded traditional prizes from three leading international finance magazines recently. In the frame of its annual M&A Awards, Acquisition International Magazine elected RCB as „Dealmaker of the Year" in Turkey as well as „Best Investmentbank" in Austria. For the second consecutive year RCB was awarded „Lead M&A Advisory of the Year" in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) at the ACQ Global Awards 2014. Moreover, two of RCB’s milestone transactions in 2013, namely Austrian Post’s acquisition of shares in Turkish Aras Kargo and the privatization of Turkey’s electricity distribution companies were awarded „Best Deal in CEE" and „Best Privatisation" respectively.

„I’m very pleased to see that we receive international acknowledgement too. As an Austrian investment bank, we at RCB place great emphasis on successfully comparing with international benchmarks and are continuously striving towards proving that our strategy: to operate sustainably in our core fields of business, can be successful, especially in challenging times like the current ones", Eva Marchart, Chief Executive Officer of RCB, points out.

ACQ Global Awards as well as Acquisition International M&A Awards and EMEA Finance Awards take place annually. Winners are elected by independent experts. Those companies who could prove to have performed most strongly in their core fields of business in the previous year are considered for an award.

For further Information please contact:
Andrea Pelinka-Kinz
Phone +43 (0) 1 51520-614
E-mail: pelinka-kinz(at)rcb.at

 


About Raiffeisen Centrobank AG (RCB)

RCB is a leading Austrian investment bank offering the full spectrum of services and products associated with stocks, derivatives and equity capital market transactions, both via the stock exchange and off market. Supported by its Raiffeisen Investment offices, the bank offers ECM and M&A advisory services in in the CEE region as well as in Turkey. Raiffeisen Centrobank is a subsidiary of Raiffeisen Bank International AG.