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Rabobank
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What's NewS
Monthly internal newsletter for Rabobank International
Issue 2 Fefaruary 1997 J
Rabo/Robeco's winning team Freek Hoek (left) and Ruud Hendriks.
The join up between Rabobank and Robeco last summer opened
up a number of promising avenues for cooperation. But promises
and achievements are two very different things, at least they were
until the two partners brought off a really beautiful deal. 'It's for
the Central Bank of Argentina,' says Freek Hoek, hardly able to
surpress his glee. 'We've won the global fixed income asset
management contract for USD 100 million from the central bank
and we couldn't have done it without Robeco.' Robeco
Institutional Asset Management (RIAM)'s Ruud Hendriks
couldn't agree more. 'As Robeco alone, it would have been much
more difficult to win this mandate. Our cooperation with the
hank and its rating gives us a strong access position to this type
of contract which other leading combinations of asset
manager/bank do not have.' Rabo/Robeco got together last
October with the aim of positioning the duo as triple-A bank and
first-class asset manager in the central bank and supranational
institutional markets. 'This cooperation gave us the status we
needed for acceptance by the Argentine Central Bank,' confirms
Hoek. 'And this is just the beginning of what should be a very
successful partnership.'
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MAKING CYCLING
HISTORY
The bank carved out a niche in
Dutch cycling history last week
when it became the first single
fcponsor to present three teams
a junior, an amateur and a
professional equipe. This is
just one indication of
Rabobank's confidence in the
success of its cycling
sponsorship agreements. A
second clear signal is the
announcement that we will be
putting money into the sport -
at every level - until the year
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2000. Rabobank launched its
Cycling Plan in 1996. The aim
is to promote every aspect of
the sport, including
recreational and youth
projects. However, the whole
organization agrees that the
bank's professional team has
already proved a real asset.
Name recognition, especially
in cycling countries, can only
be enhanced by the team's
achievements. Look out for
our familiar colours this
coming season on both track
and road.
Brazil-Dutch hockey team.
RAIBO ON THE BALL
Following RI's initiative to
sponsor the Dutch national
hockey association, Raibo do
Brasil has followed suit and
injected capital into the local
Dutch team. 'Hockey is hardly
a popular sport in Brazil,' says
Teun de Boon (standing left),
'but this amateur teams are
doing all they can to promote
it. We donated the team's full
kit as a way of supporting
them.' The Raibo-bankers can't
be sure, but there's a rumour
going around that the slick new
outfits have winning properties
- the Dutch team promptly
beat the Germans 1-0.
WHAT'S THE SKINNY
THIS MONTH?
FIND OUT IN WHAT'S
NEWS
Working relations - RoyalTen
Cate wants initiative 3
Caps off to London branch -
new products for financial
markets 4
Rl numbers - how we did last
year 5
Domestic special - behind the
scenes at a local bank 7
On the Euro - info team at
work 14
Talking heads - Cor Broekhuyse
in the hot seat 16
