OREANDA-NEWS. May 04, 2009. Settled in new premises (”Poitaht” business centre) in the capital of Uzbekistan, Tashkent, the representative office of JSC “AB Konsultacijas”, part of Aizkraukles Banka (AB.LV) Group, has started its work in this country, reported the press-centre of Aizkraukles banka.

The main task of the representative offices is to provide information about AB.LV Group and its services, alongside with promoting international economic cooperation in various areas of business.

Currently, the AB.LV Group companies have representative offices in Central Asia and Transcaucasian states — Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Azerbaijan. The geographic location, natural resources, economic potential of these countries as well as opportunities for developing business cooperation have been of growing interest to Latvian businessmen.

This is the fifth representative office of JSC “AB Konsultacijas” — the other four are located in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Odessa, and Baku. Whereas Aizkraukles Banka itself has three representative offices — in Kiev, Minsk, and Almaty.

The aim of AB.LV Group is to continue expanding the network of its representative offices in Russia and CIS member states. The successful operations of the AB.LV Group representative offices are proved by rapidly growing number of foreign customers.

JSC “Aizkraukles banka” is 100% owned by Latvian shareholders. The bank’s majority shareholders are Oleg Fil — 47.04% shares, Ernest Bernis and Nika Berne — 47.04% shares. The Aizkraukles Banka aim is to become the leading independent private bank in the Eastern Europe, combining all banking services, including asset management and advisory services, in a single customer-tailored offer. Aizkraukles Banka Group also includes IPAS AB.LV Asset Management, IBAS AB.LV Capital Markets and other companies.