UniCredit was voted the top financial institution for trade financing within Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) in the 2015 Euromoney Trade Finance Survey, the bank said recently.

The survey also said UniCredit was a top provider in multiple countries in the CEE region that includes Russia, Turkey, Poland and Bulgaria, among others.

The recognition that this rating provides signifies that the institution's clientele relations are strong and that they are successfully managing clients' assets.

"We are very proud to be rated best trade finance provider in Central and Eastern Europe and in 10 of our core markets in the region,' Gianfranco Bisagni, head of UniCredit's CEE Corporate and Investment Banking Division, said. "UniCredit is the ideal partner for international corporations in CEE, where we have an extensive network, as we provide a full range of traditional trade finance products, such as letters of credit and guarantees, as well as sophisticated supply chain finance offerings which can be customised to the requirements of each customer. Trade finance is important to our international clients with operations in CEE, as well as for domestic clients."