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AIZKRAUKLES BANKA OFFERS YOU A NEW MEANS OF COMMUNICATION 003717 775555 AB.LV 7-77-55-55 ANNUAL REPORT 2005 25 FACTS AND NUMBERS A TRUE BANKER TO BE THE BEST MY RIGA RIGA GUIDE THE ISSUE OF THE HOME The Central Theme RIGA’S STYLE IN THE BANKING BUSINESS contents MY RIGA 02 Marija Naumova, Agnese Zeltiña, Mårtiña Rîtiñß, and Alvis Hermanis on Riga, its singularity, and their feelings on it. LETTER FROM THE EDITOR 03 The question of choice and new searches in the bank’s activi- ties. NEW IN 2005 04 Behind these events – Aizkraukles Banka and people, a brief review of our accomplishments. RIGA’S STYLE IN THE BANKING BUSINESS 06 AB.LV’s chairman of the board Ernests Bernis’ reflections on the bank’s current and future values. TO BE THE BEST 10 They have achieved the title, The Best. Coincidence of circum- stances, a great honour or a feeling of great responsibility? P.S. 13 AB.LV co-owner O¬egs Fi¬s knows the formula of success for a modern company. GUIDE 14 Our necklace – from the “pearls” of Riga tourism. Try it on for yourself! THE ISSUE OF THE HOME We will help you build a house and make it modern, striking 16 and homely. AB.LV’s portfolio of credit products and the advice of experts and designers are at your disposal. SUPPORT 20 Social responsibility – an integral part of any serious business’s reputation. About significant projects supported by the bank in 2005. FACTS AND FIGURES * 22 And once again about our accomplishments – laconically and graphically! For lovers of statistics, and not only WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE A TRUE BANKER? 24 AB.LV’s best employees paint a written portrait of the modern * Stability. Time is the best advisor (we are in the banking business since 1993). banker. AB.LV is the Riga style in the banking business, combining the best of European banking traditions with an individual approach to each client. Working with us you are doing good FINANCIAL REVIEWS to your business. That's one lasting investment, and we guarantee the security of it. 25 After all, we are a bank. :) ASTROLOGY 64 Not seriously, but perhaps a bit seriously about your business and finances... my Riga editor’s letter Mårtiñß Rîtiñß, Chocolate ?? Gateau every day! So restaurant owner the people that live at the edge of Niagara Falls or in a luxury suite at The city of Riga contained most of the Venetian in Las Vegas might what little I knew of the history and appreciate what I do when I walk in Cover culture that I was familiar with, so it the woods here minutes outside Riga Experimental style production of Ladies and Gentlemen! was the most exciting. Yet Riga is a and smell the rich humus where the an AB.LV employee small capital for a small country, so morels and 4000 other species of Model – Baiba Jurkåne It took me some time to decide how to address you in everything comes in nice bite-size Style and photo – Dmitrijs Po¬akovs fungus grow, and marvel at the soli- the first pages of this publication that is not very typical proportions that make it easier to tude and sounds of blue forests that Make up – Natålija Vozñesenska for a bank. “Readers”, “clients and partners”, digest and come to grips with. The are so abundant, taking up almost Photographs and illustrations “friends”…. There are many choices, and this is impor- heart and soul of Latvia quickly half of our land mass. I Dmitrijs Po¬akovs reveals itself and shows its strengths, Viesturs Masteiko (photos of objects) tant! At some point you made your choice to begin your weaknesses and uniqueness. Karlîna Vîtoliña (M. Naumova’s photo) collaboration with Aizkraukles Banka. Perhaps you have Photo of A. Zeltiña – from personal England had 20 plus years to grab not yet made this decision, and you need just a couple collection me, Canada about the same, yet “The issue of the home” photo – of arguments for this business contact to take place. In Latvia got to me at first sight. I fell “Müsmåjas” magazine this publication you fill find the missing arguments. for her like a love-struck adolescent Interior visualisations – Aivars Burakeviçs Plan of Riga centre – Dita Målniece Marie Naumova, who is giddy about the future but Alvis Hermanis, In this year he have made our selection in favour of an Horoscope illustrations – Inga Rußmane singer does not quite know why, and an theatrical director informal, and thus more honest manner of contact, of a more modern language of com- everyman in mid-life crisis who Creative group munication, of closer contact with readers, where every reader is an individual, and every I like this city on days when needs to woo and be wooed, but Editor in chief – Viktorija Òakißeva The least stylish places, it seems client a VIP. For precisely this reason we transformed our official, dry-in-form-and-con- warm rain is falling, when old now can truly appreciate the object to me, are Old Riga and Project artist – Dmitrijs Po¬akovs Artistic director – Ûanete Zariña tent bank’s annual review into a striking, attractive and informatively saturated lifestyle ladies are selling flowers in Old of his affection.They say that 'less is Jurmala. Tallinn and Prague Creative director – Andris Romanovskis magazine. You may be accustomed to seeing such magazines in airport terminals, hotel Riga, and horses’ hoofs are more', and it is this observation in have old cities just like Old Riga; Layout designer – Inta Eihmane foyers or your interior design office. Now you have the unique opportunity to find such a thumping in front of a carriage. Agnese Zeltiña, there is no difference. Project manager – Lîga Saidåne Christmas, Midsummer’s Day film actress There is nothing in Old Riga for Executive director – Ilze Apine magazine at our bank’s client centre or representative office. Our magazine, just like its and Easter markets, where one Rigans to do. shiny brethren on store shelves, will tell you about people, tendencies, news and oppor- Text authors can buy real honey and hand- Countless elegant, beautiful places – When guests who have never Marija Naumova tunities, all united by one common style, which we at AB.LV call “Riga’s style in the crafts from true craftsmen. I in stylish interiors one can sink into, been in Riga come to visit me, I Agnese Zeltiña banking business”. enjoy Riga’s quiet little corners and hide and forget everything with take them to the outskirts – Mårtiñß Rîtiñß Alvis Hermanis – the so-romantic pier, where a cup of properly prepared green tea “Maskachka“, Grîziñkalns, and AB.LV’s style has been honed for years through our effective teamwork, and polished by Viktorija Òakißeva the sun sinks into the sea over in hand.. the other side of Çaka Street. Ernests Bernis our professionalism and the commitment of our specialists. Our style has formed and the Daugava, the paths and Teahouses, bookstores, charming little Now that’s interesting! Irina Lastovska developed along with the bank, and that now serves to enhance our reputation. These bridges of Kronvalda Park – so chemist‘s shops, markets, cute shops in We go to the Central Market, Romåns Surnaçovs here are the cornerstones from which AB.LV’s history has developed: stability and securi- mysterious, as if you weren’t the most unimaginable places. of course. Sergejs Mazurs ty, precision and accuracy, a thrifty attitude towards time, and the traditions of a even in the city. The smell of Old Riga is so special that one can In Vecmîlgråvis there is a bath- O¬egs Fi¬s O¬egs Sirotins European business city. But at the core of this history is our client and the client’s trust in fresh bread wafting from bak- walk around there as if among many house, a real one, one of those Liena Britåne Aizkraukles Banka. eries, and outdoor cafes where rooms, constantly discovering some- Soviet-style kind – on Emmas Aivars Burakeviçs you can enjoy a cup of tea thing new and unnoticed – gates, Street. When I am abroad with Påvels Ínejersons while taking your time – churches, cobblestone, courtyards... the theatre, we always visit the Loyalty – that is the code of our style. We are proud to know this code. The components Translation, proofreading moments that so very much with cats, grapevines; the building bathhouses. We look for them that form it may be found in this magazine. You will see what inspires us, as well as in Roberts Lîsmanis remind me of Paris. I like taking roofs and balconies alone are worthy in all cities, all countries. And I Antra Çigure whose name we work, what accomplishments we have reached, and what we strive for, walks in MeΩaparks, listening to of wonder... must say that the experience Natella Grigorjan why we are just the way we are, and why your path leads to our door. However, if for the voices of the zoo’s dwellers, the search for beauty and things to In Riga I have glass, reflections, sha- that is available in Vecmîlgråvis Idea Media some reason words do not convince you, we have also provided you with the numbers. and wandering past colourful, love and value that guides my sens- dows and the music of the wind, tile at the Emmas Street bathhouse Concept, idea copyright Our financial performance will tell you about AB.LV just as eloquently! restored Art Nouveau buildings. es today, and I think that living in roofs, tower roosters and rain on the cannot be had at any Budapest Rhino design agency Co LTD I enjoy this city’s secret, Riga has helped me see that.