On its 20th birthday, the euro gets its 20th member state: Croatia

Feb 17, 2022 | Economics

By Zrinka Zivkovic Matijevic, Raiffeisen Bank in Croatia and Gunter Deuber, RBI Currently, all signs point to an enlargement of the euro area at the turn of the year. Croatia is presently on the shortest path to the euro area – an interesting development after...

Economic outlook for CEE 2022: Baselining and (known) unknowns

Dec 9, 2021 | Economics

By Dorota Strauch, Casper Engelen and Gunter Deuber, RBI | With the end of the year in sight, let’s take a closer look at how the CEE economy will develop in the coming year. To some extent, some of key issues and uncertainties in CEE are the same as...

Podcast: What are funds?

Aug 5, 2021 | Economics, Sustainability

By Alexandra Jocham, RBI | In our podcast series with Veronika Lammer, we have so far dealt with the topics How to get more women into financial markets and How to enter the financial markets. This time we are diving deeper into the topic of investing and discuss with...

Kosovo: Listening to the wind of change

Jul 22, 2021 | Economics

By Fjorent Rrushi, Raiffeisen Research | Smooth elections bode well for democracy in Kosovo After many years of political instability, Kosovo’s parliament convened in an extraordinary session in April 2021 to elect the president of the republic. Vjosa Osmani, a...

Five arguments for investing responsibly

Jul 8, 2021 | Business, Economics, Sustainability

By Christa Geyer, Raiffeisen Capital Management | It is not so long ago that sustainability was a topic for which the majority of investors had at best a weary smile left. This somewhat arrogant view of responsible investments, which were assumed to yield lower...

Podcast: How to enter the financial markets

Jul 1, 2021 | Economics, Sustainability, Trends

By Alexandra Jocham, RBI | Women are still underrepresented in the financial markets. We discussed the reasons for this in our last podcast with Veronika Lammer, who is a financial markets expert. This podcast is now about how women (and of course men) can overcome...