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What'sNewS Issue 11 November 1998
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Last month saw the launch of
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treasury department
executives working for our
corporate clients the power to
access real-time price quotes
and directly execute basic
MM and FX transactions via
Rabobank International. The
system also optionally
provides detailed research
information from an
independant research
provider, IDEA, and has been
designed with security,
simplicity, and flexibility in
mind. It is supported with a
full-service customer care
desk. Additional modules for
plain vanilla derivatives, cash
management, and trade
finance are currently under
development. The system not
only puts capabilities directly
into the hands of corporate
clients, hut it also reinforces
I.D.E.A
Creators of DealAssist, left to right: Marcel van Doremaele, Ilse Stofmeel,
Marcel Doorn, Theo van Koningsveld, Sander van Zelm
our electronic ties with them
and allows our investment
bankers to concentrate on
more value-adding deals.
See related article on
Internet policy on page 19.
Rabobank Frankfurt's
operations manager Gert Jan
van den Brink has recently
received the prestigious status
of doctorate following the
completion of his thesis
entitled 'The quality of
information and information
systems within the banking
sector'. Through various case
studies, Van den Brink
attempts to bridge the gap
between quality requirements
and cost efficiency and in
doing so builds a framework
of management information
specific to the banking sector.
The published thesis is
available in Dutch - with an
English summary.
For more information, contact
Van den Brink directly on tel.
+49 69 79 206 283.
What's NewS editorial team, standing left to right:
David Brown, Samantha Dobson, Anne Lavelle and
seated: new editor-in-chief Mirjam Diepenbrock, soon
to replace Noor Tania (right)
Familiar to the Rabobank Group, but new face to
Rl marketing is the new What's NewS editor-in-
chief, Mirjam Diepenbrock. Fully equipped with a
bachelors degree in Communications, she comes
from Dutch member bank Baarle-Nassau.While
her main responsibiiities will be the published
What's NewS as well as the electronic News Flash
version, Diepenbrock will also be involved in
various other internaI communication tools. She
will be taking over from Noor Tania, whose
dedication to What's NewS will be missed. We
wou ld like to thank Noor for her years of service
to Rl marketing and wish her all the best in
starting her own company. The editor-in-chief
change over will take place as of January I. For
those ofyou who have not yet had contact, the
rest of the editorial team doing their utmost to
bring you the latest news from the network is
made up of editors Anne Lavelle, David Brown
and Samantha Dobson. Please keep them
informed of developments via the What's NewS
editorial email address:
whats _news@rn. rabobank.nl.
Brazil's name change
Raibobank do Brasil Ltd is due
to change its name to Banco
Rabobank International Brasil
SA. Research suggests that
following almost a decade of
banking in Brazil, our core
dient group now readily
accepts the name Rabobank
and recognizes it as the
international F&A focused
bank with a triple-A rating, an
important status in the country
facing such economie
uncertainty. Following
managing board approval,
legal procedures for the name
change are currently
underway, but best guesses are
aiming for the new identity to
be in place byyear's end.
Masthead
Editorial Staff
Editors in (hief Mirjam Diepenbrock,
NoorTania-Stein (Marketing Rl)
Managing Editor Anne Lavelle (The Write Company)
Editors David Brown, Samantha Dobson
Distributionien Fraser
Editorial Address
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Telephone +31 (0)30 216 2433
Telefax +31 (0)30 216 1976
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