The subsidiary of Parex Asset Management obtains license in Ukraine

Being the part of the strategy introduced one year ago Parex Asset Management Ukraine — Ukrainian subsidiary of Parex Asset Management — has launched its operations. On the 12 October 2004 Parex Asset Management Ukraine was issued a license from the State Securities and Capital Markets Commission of Ukraine for investment fund and non-government pension fund management, thus obtaining the permission to start offering asset management service to clients in Ukraine. “We were intending to offer our Ukrainian and foreign clients investment funds which would invest into shares and bonds of Ukrainian issuers. We consider the Ukrainian market to be interesting both in terms of growth of number of potential clients and in terms of increase in local assets valuations” said Roberts Idelsons, President of Parex Asset Management. Aija Kļaševa, General Director of Parex Asset Management Ukraine told: “In the beginning we are planning to offer two opened investment funds as well as probably closed real estate fund. There can also be non-government pension fund created in the future. We intend to closely cooperate with local banks in funds distribution as we are not planning to open our offices in any other cities of Ukraine.”