Canada - kick-off
Rabobank
POR IITTERITaL
USE QIT1Y
International
Issue 4- April 1998
Chairmati Herman Wijffels making a stand for Canadian F&A and
bealth care
Following the granting of a banking lieence, KI Canada's present
operation in Toronto is now officially onboard. The 1 1 Mareh
opening lunch was attended by over 100 clients, prospects,
government officials and members of financial institutions - all
targets for future business relations with Toronto's newly opened
doors. Kicking-off Canadian initiatives was chairman Herman
Wijffels, tirelessly driving home Rabobank's commitment to our
core focus areas: 'World-wide, I would say that Canadian F&A
enjoys a reputation for efficiency, productivity and sustainability
- all issues which are of interest to us at Rabobank. We believe
that our presence here in Canada can further enhance the
exchange of know-how and investment, specifically in F&A.'
Wijffels ended with a prediction that the new
Canadian/Rabobank relationship, growing together in all aspects
of food and agribusiness and health care, would be both
sustained and durable. Topping off the synergetic event, a good
number of Rabobankers from our global network were also
present, Canada's official opening coinciding with a North
American managers meeting.
in brief
POWER SEMINAR
Back in September, Rabo
Securities commissioned a
study entitled The Dutch
Electricity Sector -
Competitive Times Ahead, as a
direct response to an EU
directive which could lead to
the liberalization and
privatization of the Dutch
energy sector. Feedback from
the study pointed to a need for
an in-depth look at the
financial consequences for the
companies involved,
prompting RI to organize an
Finergy Seminar held 12 March
in Utrecht. The seminar drew
55 representatives from the
Dutch electricity and gas sector
and was hosted by board
member Rik van Slingelandt.
We also demonstrated our
expertise in a series of
presentations: debt
origination's Johan Roepman
spoke on methods for the
utility sector to access
international capital markets,
Dominique Bech, managing
di rector of Rabo Securities,
talked about the process of
becoming stock exchange
listed, while asset and liability
management was addressed by
Maarten van de Kloot
Meyburg. Summing up, senior
relationship manager Ben van
Moerkerk is confident the
seminar will succeed in
clocking up new business: 'We
can help the companies with
arranging bond issues, listings
on the stock exchange and
managing interest rates and
foreign exchange rate risks.'
AUSTRALIAN FOCUS
Rabo Australia's Cor
Broekhuyse and Michael
O'Keeffe wrote an interesting
article about the critical stage
in Australian agriculture's
development, going from a
commodity and production
orientation to a differentiated-
product and market focus. The
continuing evolution involves a
fundamental transformation in
the total agribusiness system,
creating new opportunities for
managers, investors and
bankers. In case you are
interested in this article,
please contact Janine Potter
at Rabo Australia -
tel. +61 292 34 42 00.
contents
WHAT'S NEWS IN THIS
MONTH'S EXTRA FAT,
NEWS PACKED ISSUE
Working relations - the luck
of Irish cliënt Smurfit 3
China mission - our position
in the waking giant 4
Asia crisis - special 8 page
report on our Far Eastern task
forces 7
South America a Latin
update 15
Global products - info sharing
with Michael Ice 16
Deal of the month - two full
pages of wheeling and dealing
around the network 18
Talking heads - Willem
Wagner on Curai;ao 20
c
i Rabobank seminar -
o sparking up the
S. Dutch power sector
