Repo (from English Repurchase, or briefly Repo) – an agreement to sell a financial instrument today and buy it back in future:

• Customers are offered an opportunity to sell to the Bank for a period of time their owned financial instruments issued by states, municipalities, or companies and quoted on the stock market and over-the-counter with the condition to buy them back after a certain period.

Repo services are designed for:

• Aggressive investors who seek to raise the yield of their portfolio using borrowed funds;
• Less aggressive investors who seek to optimize their cash flows.

An advantage of Baltikums Bank is a wide range of rendered Repo products – financing against bonds, shares, fund certificates, and other financial instruments.

The recommended minimal amount at which the Bank offers repo transactions – USD/EUR 100 thousand per transaction.

Baltikums Bank a range of repo transactions execution conditions tailored for each customer and financial instrument:

• Financing amount;
• Haircut;
• Financing interest rate;
• Other provisions.

Baltikums Bank applies a flexible approach to managing customer risks resulting from repo transactions.

Baltikums Bank offers various types of repo financing against securities to a widest range of customers:

• Repo;
• Reverse Repo;
• Fiduciary Repo;
• Other.

Required Provisions for Repo Transactions

To perform repo transactions with customers Baltikums Bank:

• Determines:
  • Transaction object (financial instrument);
  • Term;
  • Amount;
  • Financing conditions (interest rate);
• Determines the initial level of the collateral necessary for executing the transaction:
  • Initial Margin;
  • Or haircut.

The initial financing amount is set:

• As certain percentage of the market value of the financial instrument involved in the transaction;
• And depending on its risk qualities that might affect the fluctuation level of the market value of the instrument.

The service is rendered at the Head Office of Baltikums Bank in Riga (Latvia).

For more information please contact private bankers.
Private Banking phone: +371 67 031 409, e-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it