Starting with today, April 17, Baltic Index open-end fund units will be

listed  on  the  Official  List of the Riga Stock Exchange. This is the

first  investment  fund  in  Latvia  listing  its  units  on  the stock

exchange.



Baltic Index Fund

assets are managed by investment company Baltikums Asset Management , a

Baltikums  Finance group company. Baltic Index Fund assets are invested

in  equities included in the Baltic Index composition. Apart from that,

assets  may be invested in government debt paper, issued and guaranteed

by the governments of the Baltic and OECD countries.



Starting  from  today,  the  Riga  Stock  Exchange  will publish on its

Internet  website  <a href='http://www.rfb.lv' target='_blank'>http://www.rfb.lv</a> and daily bulletin the buy and sell price

for the fund units, other features associated with the Fund, as well as

the  Fund investment strategy. Pursuant to the provisions set forth for

open-end funds, the units will be traded directly by the fund.



Guntars   Kokorevičs,  President,  Riga  Stock  Exchange:  "Listing  of

open-end  fund  units  on  the  exchange  is a logical step in terms of

market  development  in  Latvia and a contribution towards establishing

investment  culture.  People,  without  going  into  the intricacies of

capital  markets,  will  be  able  to  participate  in  formation  of a

diversified and safer investment portfolio".



More information:

PR Department Director

Riga Stock Exchange

Tel. +371 7 212 431