Slovenia’s Abanka Vipa Gets Regulatory Nod To List Shares on Ljubljana Bourse

"We filed a request [for listing on the LJSE] and now we are waiting for the Ljubljana bourse's answer," Abanka's public relations officer, Vlasta Jurecic, told SeeNews.

Abanka Vipa reported a group net profit of 20.493 million euro ($28 million) in the first half of 2008, down from 21.571 million euro a year earlier. Group assets rose by 6.3% through June to 3.74 billion euro.

Abanka Vipa had a market share of 7.9% in terms of assets at the end of June, up from 7.5% at the end of March. Eighteen banks operate in Slovenia, a country of two million people, which joined the European Union in 2004 and entered the eurozone in 2007.

($ = 0.7431 euro)