Raiffeisen, 3-Banken Reject Comment on Hypo Interest

Businessn.a. ♦ Published: March 23, 2012; 15:44 ♦ (Vindobona)

Raiffeisenlandesbank Carinthia and BKS aren’t interested in Hypo Alpe-Adria-Bank International AG’s Austrian subsidiary.

Raiffeisen, 3-Banken Reject Comment on Hypo Interest / Picture: © Wikipedia / JJ55 (30 March 2008)

Both banks are rejecting a newspaper report citing comments from Hypo Group Alpe Adria´s supervisory board chairman Johannes Ditz.

“As repeatedly said, BKS isn’t interested in acquiring any parts of Hype Alpe Adria,” BKS Chief Executive Officer Heimo Penker said in an e-mailed statement. “We also won’t set any actions in this direction in the future.”

RLB…