Raiffeisen Bank International posts highest profit before tax since the start of the financial crisis

Raiffeisen Bank International AG (RBI) posted a profit before tax of € 1,373 million for the financial year 2011, which represents a year-on-year increase of around 7 per cent. Despite a challenging economic environment, RBI thus managed to achieve its highest annual pre-tax profit since the start of the financial crisis in 2008. The bank's return on equity before tax remained unchanged at 13.7 per cent. …