Raiffeisen Bank International AG (RBI) regards Austria, where it is a leading corporate and investment bank, as well as Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) as its home market. 13 markets of the region are covered by subsidiary banks. Around 47,000 employees service 16.8 million customers through around 2,000 business outlets, the by far largest part thereof in CEE. RBI’s Global Investor Services (GIS) business stands for a state-of-the-art product delivery to our clients via an efficient and innovative one-stop-shop production. We provide our clients the entire securities services value chain starting with brokerage, handing over to safekeeping of assets, managing all related asset serving activities like corporate actions, income and tax management. In addition, we offer fund administration for asset managers for UCITS and AIF funds. Leveraging our special expertise in the CEE region, where we have developed a unique service model with a direct link to the local Central Securities Depositories (CSDs) in 11 markets, we provide a unique regional sub-custody model in the region. Our approach allows clients to standardize their legal and operational framework, optimize and simplify network management, as well as mitigate various risks associated with operating in multi-market environment. Close cooperation with compliance and risk is part of our product DNA.