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Atrium Repays Convertible Bond to Meinl
The American-Israeli real estate fund Atrium repays the 10.75% 2008 convertible bond to the Austrian Meinl Bank.
January 25, 2011
Vienna Stock Exchange: Winners and Losers (2011-01-24)
Daily News-Flash from the Vienna Stock Exchange: Upgrades & Downgrades, Winners & Losers.
January 25, 2011
Vienna Stock Exchange: Winners and Losers (2011-01-21)
Daily News-Flash from the Vienna Stock Exchange: Upgrades & Downgrades, Winners and Losers.
January 22, 2011
Change in Leadership at Bank Austria
Paolo Fiorentino, has been elected as Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Bank Austria. Francesco Giordano will act as future Chief Financial Officer.
January 22, 2011
Atrium Intends to Clarify Purported Event of Default
After the statement of the Austrian Meinl Bank to sue the real estate fund Atrium because of a “default of payment”, Atrium announces its point of view.
January 22, 2011
Meinl Bank: New Attacks Against Atrium
The dispute between the Austrian bank and the American-Israeli real estate fund is getting fiercer. Meinl is calling a bond.
January 21, 2011
Vienna Stock Exchange: Winners and Losers (2011-01-20)
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January 21, 2011
Generali Austria: Optimism for 2011
The Italian insurance company shows itself satisfied with the previous year's results in Austria and looks forward to 2011 with confidence.
January 21, 2011
New CFO for Vienna Insurance Group Slovakia
Vienna Insurance Group in Slovakia: Klaudia Volnerová is appointed Kooperativa's new Chief Financial Officer
January 21, 2011
Vienna Stock Exchange: Winners and Losers (2011-01-19)
Daily News-Flash from the Vienna Stock Exchange: Upgrades & Downgrades, Winners & Losers.
January 20, 2011
Bank Austria: Bank of Moscow is No Longer an Issue
Bank Austria will not submit an offer for the Bank of Moscow, against all market speculations. Instead, it will open its own branches.
January 20, 2011
Hypo Group Purchase by BayernLB was "unrealistic"
The former chairman of BayernLB’s Supervisory Board said that the bank cheated itself on the purchase of the Hypo Group.
January 20, 2011
Weak Capital Base of Austrian Banks
According to the rating agency Standard & Poor's (S&P), Austria's major banks are equipped with very weak equity by international standards.
January 20, 2011
Trend Reversal: International investors push for Austria's Real Estate Market
Austria is getting increasingly popular for foreign real estate investors. Mainly speculators start to get interested in the domestic market to care.
January 19, 2011
Life Insurance Continues in Demand
While Austrian private investors have less savings, rights to pensions and life insurances rise.
January 19, 2011
Tax Treaty between Austria and Germany
Austria and Germany sign a revision protocol on double taxation agreements to implement the OECD standards of transparency and effective exchange of information.
January 19, 2011
Oberbank is Expanding
Oberbank boss Franz Gasselberger has big plans. The branch network will be expanded this year by eight new branches to 150. The banker’s focus of expansion is Vienna.
January 19, 2011
Record of Assets under Management for C-Quadrat
The investment fund was able to increase the managed assets in Austria by 26% to € 3.3bn. The volumne of new investments in 2010 amounts to € 804m.
January 19, 2011
Volksbank: Romania Lowers Results
The losses in Romania constitute a distinct disadvantage, especially for the sale process of the East-Holding of the VBI.
January 19, 2011
Vienna Stock Exchange: Winners and Losers (2011-01-18)
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January 19, 2011
The Hypo Group and its Consultants
In the months before and after the emergency nationalization of the Austrian Hypo Group, the Bank paid rich consulting fees despite all turbulences.
January 18, 2011
Citigroup Trades on Vienna Stock Exchange
Vienna Stock Exchange gives admission to trading of Citigroup Global Markets Limited, London (UK).
January 18, 2011
Vienna Stock Exchange: Winners and Losers (2011-01-17)
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January 18, 2011
Volksbanken to Sell Share in RZB
According to newspaper reports, the Austrian Volksbanken Group sells a 6% share on Raiffeisen Zentralbank.
January 17, 2011
Bank Taxes: „Job Cuts or Price Increase”
According to Michael Ikrath, bank representative of the “Sparkassen”, the new charges for Austrian banks are the highest in Europe.
January 17, 2011
Treichl: Massive Criticism on Austrian Government
Andreas Treichl, CEO of Erste Group criticizes the Austrian Government for its fiscal and structural policy. 2011 would be the last chance for reforms.
January 16, 2011
Austria's Funds Showed a Plus in 2010
2010 was another year of gains for Austrian funds: of 1601 funds, 1464, showed a positive performance.
January 15, 2011
ATX still Undervalued
Much upward potential still exists for the Austrian leading index, because the ATX is still undervalued, according to Alois Wögerbauer.
January 15, 2011
ATX Restructuring Expected
It is expected that the three real estate securities, CA Immo, Conwert and Immofinanz will rise into the Austrian ATX Prime leading index.
January 15, 2011
Bank Austria Increases its CA-Immo Stake
The UniCredit-subsidiary intends to acquire a major stake of the Austrian real estate company CA Immo.
January 15, 2011
Vienna Stock Exchange: Winners and Losers (2011-01-14)
Daily News-Flash from the Vienna Stock Exchange: Upgrades & Downgrades, Winners & Losers.
January 15, 2011
Investment Inhibition in Austrian Companies
The investment situation of Austrian companies is analyzed in the liquidity situation report by PwC. There are still frictions present on the capital market.
January 14, 2011
Customer Growth for Construction Savings Bank ABV
In 2010, the Austrian construction savings bank ABV granted building loans for € 287m.
January 14, 2011
Bank Austria Bids for Bank of Moscow
The UniCredit subsidiary is reported as holding talks with the Bank of Moscow to acquire a 46.5% stake.
January 14, 2011
Bawag and Post Share 520 Branches
Investments in the common branch network of the Austrian Post and the U.S. fund Cerberus owned Bawag are running.
January 14, 2011
Vienna Stock Exchange: Winners and Losers (2011-01-13)
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January 14, 2011
Austria Savers Remain Conservative
Saving behavior in Austria remains unchanged with a high degree of popularity of traditional building savings plans and bank savings accounts.
January 13, 2011
Vienna Stock Exchange: Winners and Losers (2011-01-12)
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January 13, 2011
Auer-Welsbach Pleads Not Guilty
The former CEO of the Austrian AvW stays by his actions on the first day of his trial.
January 12, 2011
Vienna Stock Exchange: Winners and Losers (2011-01-11)
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January 12, 2011
CA Immo Expects Sharp Rise in Earnings
After a major expansion, the Vienna-based real estate company´s assets stand at above € 5.0bn. The annual growth rate has exceeded 30% since 2005.
January 12, 2011
Immofinanz: Record Letting Results for German Subsidiary
The Austrian Real Estate Group benefits from the upswing in the German property market.
January 12, 2011
CEE: Raiffeisen Remains Optimistic
The analysts of the Austrian Raiffeisen International Bank give Austria and the CEE good growth prospects. However, there still remain known risks.
January 12, 2011
AvW: Big Lawsuit because of Investment Fraud
One of the largest proceedings in Austrian economic history is being conducted against the former financial services provider AvW.
January 10, 2011
New Controversy over the Hypo Group
According to the investigators, there would be no connection between the Austrian bank and Gribkowsky, the former member of the board of BayernLB
January 10, 2011
Polbank: Imminent Decision
The decision for the sales process of Polbank will be announced in the next few days, according to the parent company EFG Eurobank.
January 10, 2011
Vienna Stock Exchange: Winners and Losers (2011-01-10)
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January 10, 2011
Immofinanz Group: New Head of Developments Commercial
The Immofinanz Group announces the appointment of Ralph Bezjak, 43, who has recently taken on the position of Head of Developments Commercial.
January 10, 2011
OMV: Moody´s Warns Against Downgrade
The Austrian energy group has to refinance its acquisitions in Turkey and Tunisia. The American rating agency puts pressure on OMV.
January 10, 2011
Volksbanken Profitable Again
The Austrian Volksbanken Group generated profits in 2010. The state’s money should be repaid this year.
January 7, 2011
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