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Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen Private Banking (FWR) has been named best private bank in Croatia by the preeminent specialized financial markets magazine Global Finance from New York. FWR Private Banking of Raiffeisenbank won the prestigious „The World's Best Private Banks 2017“ title this year and set a high standard of customer service in the private banking segment.

Global Finance magazine has announced its annual World's Best Private Banks Awards, and a full report on selections will appear in the December issue of Global Finance. Winners will be honored at an awards ceremony in New York on 7 February 2017.

Global Finance's editorial board selected the winners according to a number of parameters in the private banking industry and made use of all available data from relevant market research, input from industry analysts and executives and submissions from users of private banking services.

Michael Georg Müller, CEO of Raiffeisenbank Austria d.d. (RBA) said on the occasion: „The award we won is certainly a recognition for a high level of professionalism and service quality in private banking, which has been part of our offer since 2013. I am extremely glad and proud that our expertize has been recognized on the international level too and that we are honored by one of the best financial magazines in the world. The best private bank title is certainly a testament to our dedication to excellence for our customers. I am convinced that this award will provide yet another incentive for our team to perform at their best and we will continue to achieve the highest results to the benefit of our customers", concluded Müller.

Joseph D. Giarraputo, publisher and editorial director of Global Finance said: „Our awards help high-net-worth investors choose wisely among the myriad private banks with different strengths in wealth advisory services, to identify the firms most likely to understand their individual needs and deliver on the highest level of client service".

Global Finance, founded in 1987, has readers in 180 countries. Global Finance’s audience includes senior corporate and financial officers responsible for making investment and strategic decisions at multinational companies and financial institutions. Global Finance also targets the 8,000 international portfolio investors responsible for more than 80% of all global assets under professional management.

Its website — GFMag.com — offers analysis and articles that are the heritage of 29 years of experience in international financial markets. Global Finance is headquartered in New York, with offices around the world. Global Finance regularly selects the top performers among banks and other providers of financial services. These awards have become a trusted standard of excellence for the global financial community.

The full winners list is available on Global Finance website.

Raiffeisenbank Austria d.d. (RBA) and the Croatian Paralympic Committee (CPC) held a press conference to mark this year’s first Paralympic School Day at the Ksaver Šandor Đalski Primary School in Zagreb. The press conference was attended by Michael Georg Müller, President of the RBA Management Board, Ratko Kovačić, President of the CPC, and acclaimed paralympic athletes Kristijan Vincetić, Ana Sršen and Nataša Sobočan.

 

President of the RBA Management Board Michael Georg Müller addressed the audience, saying the following: “Paralympic athletes are a true inspiration not only to people with disabilities, but also to those who think that the difficult equals the impossible. Life experience of each of the paralympic athletes present here today is invaluable and worthy of attention, as their behaviour and attitude tell stories in which perseverance and self-confidence are the keywords. By supporting this project, RBA wants to participate in the shaping of correct attitudes among the youngest, so that tomorrow they may live in a world without prejudice.”

 

After the official part, the pupils had a chance to practice paralympic sports and learn more about the disciplines in which top athletes compete at the Paralympic Games. In their efforts to learn the basics of disciplines, the youngsters were assisted by a team of FWR private bankers, who found spare time to help them master any athletic hurdles.