OREANDA-NEWS. December 15, 2014. Last week, in response to invitations by Baltikums Bank, a number of leaders from various industries, business executives and company owners came together in St. Petersburg to discuss the latest financial market trends and business development opportunities in today’s economic environment.
 
In his address to participants of the conference, Baltikums Bank AS Chairman of the Board Dmitrijs Latisevs sketched out major economic and geopolitical factors that affect the business environment, mentioning development opportunities that are available thanks to state-of-the-art products and services in the financial sector. “Sudden changes in one region or industry will inevitably affect business plans for entrepreneurs, since globalisation processes have brought us much closer together than we had been earlier. However, it also provides new potential, which we can discuss in great detail by pooling our knowledge and experience at meetings like this,” Dmitrijs Latisevs remarked.

The hosts and guests of the event discussed the latest financial processes in the U.S., Europe and Russia, evaluating the current importance of capital structuring and protection in this context. Attendees were immensely interested by the latest bespoke solutions Baltikums Bank offers on matters such as international trade finance, creation of holding companies, and investment diversification. “The past few years have seen economic changes that led to a paradigm shift in investors’ priorities: where earlier, investments were evaluated based on profit percentages, today’s foremost concern is evaluating risk factors for an investment,”  Baltikums Bank Chief Economist and Head of the Global and Financial Markets Analysis Department Voldemars Strupka.

After the official conference agenda, discussions and exchanges of opinion went on in a friendlier but still businesslike manner. Bank experts introduced guests to the custom solutions and bespoke service that Baltikums Bank provides to its clients and partners every day.