The annual report 2006 of Raiffeisen International Bank-Holding AG was decorated with a Gold Award at the 2006 Vision Awards of the San Diego-based League of American Communication Professionals (LACP), said the bank in a statement.
The committee, consisting of international Public Relations-professionals, granted 95 of 100 possible points to the annual report designed as a cookbook. In addition to the Gold Award, Raiffeisen International won the second place in the category „Financials – Diversified Services”.
Altogether the committee evaluated more than 2,500 annual reports, submitted from 21 countries, based on categories like first impression, front page design, status report, financial data and creativity.
„The winners demonstrated an outstanding focus on shareholders, their interests and their needs, of understanding strategic and tactical decisions of their companies”, Christine Kennedy, Competition Director of the LACP, commented on the committee’s decision.
„The award from LACP approves that we, through our annual report, provide our shareholders and potential investors with the information, which is important to evaluate the company. At the same time it is an inducement for the involved employees – we missed the overall winner by just four points”, Martin Grüll, CFO of Raiffeisen International, evaluated the received award. The design concept of the annual report was developed by Raiffeisen International and Raiffeisen Zentralbank Österreich AG (RZB) in collaboration with advertising agency gantnerundenzi.
You can download the Raiffeisen International 2006 annual report at http://gb2006.ri.co.at. The detailed evaluation was published by the LACP-jury at http://www.lacp.com/2006vision/6134.HTM
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Raiffeisen International operates the largest banking network in CEE. 18 markets are covered by subsidiary banks, finance leasing companies and two representative offices. Approximately 12.5 million customers are attended to through more than 2,900 business outlets. Raiffeisen International is a fully consolidated subsidiary of Raiffeisen Zentralbank Österreich AG (RZB), which owns 70 per cent of the common stock. The remaining 30 per cent is free float, the shares are traded on the Vienna Stock Exchange. RZB is a leading corporate and investment bank in Austria and the central institution of the Austrian Raiffeisen Banking Group, the country’s largest banking group.
