The countries of Central and Eastern Europe, in particular the “new entries” to the European Union, have significant requirements in infrastructure and equipment. World leader in financing the local public sector and a partner to European local authorities, the Dexia Group plans to support authorities in that region in their evolution and to continue its own development in Central and Eastern Europe through the Dexia Kommunalkredit Bank Central & Eastern Europe.

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> Point of view : Project finance

Water, air and roads

The magazine “Project Finance International” listed Dexia in 7th place amongst the world’s leading banks in project finance, on the basis of transactions made in the first quarter 2005. This listing is all the more remarkable as Dexia rarely operates in emerging markets outside Europe and North America (over 40 % of the market) and as the group excludes from its scope of finance certain types of project such as industrial, petrochemical, mining and leisure projects (representing a quarter of the market over the first quarter).
Dexia Info presents to you three projects in which Dexia has acted as finance “lead manager”.


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Socially responsible investment or SRI really has the wind in its sails these days. This form of investment involves managing funds in line with social, environmental and corporate governance criteria. SRI meets an increasing demand among investors, both individual and institutional, to invest in companies that fulfil these criteria. Dexia Asset Management, the management company of the Dexia group, has been the European leader in this market since 1996.

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> Point of view : New developments in fund administration

New developments in fund administration

On 9 June last, Dexia and Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) announced the merger of their services to institutional investors. Activities will be combined in a new entity, RBC Dexia Investor Services, held equally by the two partners. This transaction will hoist the new entity to ninth place in the world of custodians with 1,800 billion dollars under management at the end of 2004.

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