OREANDA-NEWS. On December 13, 2007 the famous team of macroeconomic and financial market analysts of Danske Bank was joined by the analyst from Lithuania, reported the press-centre of AB SAMPO bankas.

36-year old Violeta Klyviene, the analyst of financial markets and macroeconomics will be in charge for the Baltic States – Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. She became a member to the team of Lars Christensen, a well-known senior analyst of Danske Bank.

"The present tense macroeconomic situation in Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania attracts exclusive attention of both, foreign and local investors which in its turn stimulates continuous need for monitoring and analysis of the Baltic markets", says Violeta Klyviene, who has already published her first overviews as the analyst of Danske Bank and SAMPO bankas about November inflation in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.

Violeta Klyviene graduated from the Faculty of Economics of Vilnius University Faculty In 1995 with the economist's diploma. For the past ten years she worked in the Macroeconomics and Forecasting Division of the Economics Department at the Bank of Lithuania, since 2003 she represented the Bank of Lithuania in the Management Finance Working Group of the European Central Bank and was responsible for the analysis, simulation and forecasting of the fiscal policy of Lithuania. In addition, she provided analytical material to the international rating agencies and international financial organisations on different macroeconomic and fiscal policy matters. Violeta Klyviene published several articles in the scientific magazine Pinigu studijos of the Bank of Lithuania. Since June of this year Violeta also workes for Orion Securities investment bank rapidly developing in the markets of Norway and Baltic States.

"I am happy to join Danske Bank team – one of the strongest and largest financial groups in Northern Europe. I hope that in addition to sharing my experience as of an expert in macroeconomics I will gain new experience, in particular in the area of investment banking. This area is not new to me, but the possibility of getting acquainted with investigations carried out by the international financial group, and understanding, how macroeconomic and financial analysis is linked to investment solutions, will be invaluable experience to me", said V. Klyviene. "Danske Bank provides its clients with a very wide range of different analyses. I hope that considerable experience gained by me in the areas of macroeconomic and financial analysis will help me to introduce new aspects into analyses developed by Danske Bank. In addition, I am sure that living in Lithuania and having the possibility to reach Latvia and Estonia quickly and operatively I will be able to provide more interesting information on the spot", added the new analyst of Danske Bank and SAMPO bankas.

AB SAMPO bankas belongs to Danske Bank (Denmark) which is one of the largest Scandinavian and Western European groups of financial services. Danske Bank acquired Sampo banks in Finland and Baltic States in November 2006 and completed the purchase transaction in February 2007. In July 2007 Danske Bank Group acquired the qualifying holding of AB SAMPO bankas.

In terms of Tier I capital Danske Bank is the 25th among banking groups at the Western European and the 42nd – at the global level. Banks belonging to Danske Bank occupy leading positions in Scandinavia and also have their branches set up in Ireland, Baltic States and Russia. Danske Bank Group employs more than 24 thousand of people.