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AWS - Increasing demand for small loans
According to the Austria Economic Service (AWS) a significant increase in demand for small loans was registered in the first half of 2010.
August 17, 2010
Final result for the voluntary takeover bid for CA Immo International AG
In total CA Immobilien Anlagen AG now holds 42,217,340 shares of CA Immo International AG, this is equivalent to 97.14% of the issued share capital of CA Immo International AG.
August 17, 2010
C-QUADRAT Investment AG - Interim Financial Report as of 30 June
C-QUADRAT Investment AG concluded the first half year of 2010 with an operating income of €29.6m, an operating profit of €5.4m and a net profit of €8.5m.
August 16, 2010
New management at S&T Austria GmbH
Eduard Bugelnig, Patrick Schnebel and Robert Latka take over management of the Austrian subsidiary of S&T.
July 23, 2010
Vienna Insurance Group: increase the proportion of TBIH to 100 percent
After taking the lead in the TBIH Financial Services Group NV (TBIH), the Vienna Insurance Group agreed with Kardan Financial Services BV to acquire its minority stake of 40 percent.
July 23, 2010
Head of Erste Bank Treichl advocates stress test ranking
"Then, investors can visualize the results," said Treichl after a bankers' meeting with Trichet.
July 22, 2010
Austria attracts World Bank
Austria has concluded agreements for an official residence of the World Bank Group. It provides privileges similar to those of diplomats for employees of the international organization.
July 22, 2010
Hungary gives bank tax its blessing
The new Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban will not abandon the highly controversial tax, as decided in Parliament.
July 22, 2010
Banks-Stress Test - Friday evening moment of truth
At 6pm the Association of European Banking Regulators publish the result of the test of 91 European financial institutions. In Austria, Erste Bank, RZB and Bank Austria will be tested.
July 21, 2010
Banks' equity - "Basel III costs 46 000 jobs"
The stricter rules for the equity of banks will reduce lending by up to 20 percent, says the Institute for Advanced Studies (IHS) in Vienna.
July 21, 2010
Constantia Packaging - shareholders will be reconciled with €47
The new owners of Constantia Packaging make cash payment of €47 ($60.61) per share to its minority shareholders.
July 20, 2010
East-Europe Bank - "Hungary carries risks of infection"
The proposed bank tax against the wishes of the IMF is not a good sign, says the head of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).
July 20, 2010
OeNB stresses its commitment to reform
The Austrian National Bank (OeNB) has announced its continuation of current reform policy, in light of stringent austerity measures announcement. Simultaneously, the OeNB said in a press release that its nationalisation has no impact on its independence
July 19, 2010
Hungary rejects additional austerity measures
Hardened front between the Hungarian government on the one hand and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the EU on the other side: highly-indebted Hungary has ruled out further austerity measures.
July 19, 2010
Banks threaten with drastic job cuts
Bankers warnings on impact of the stricter financial rules, five to ten thousand jobs are threatened.
July 19, 2010
Stress tests - according to Cernko, Austrian Banks in the bottom third
Referring to speculation according to which Austrian banks with their relatively low equity ratio should not perform that well, Bank Austria CEO Willibald Cernko said "If one considers capital only, they will be at the top of the bottom third."
July 15, 2010
Vienna Stock Exchange buys 16.5 percent stake of the Ljubljana Stock Exchange
The Vienna stock exchange holding company, CEE Stock Exchange Group (CEESEG AG), has made some arrangements with minority shareholders of the Ljubljana Stock Exchange to purchase the remaining shares of its Slovenian subsidiary.
July 15, 2010
Stress tests could be price-sensitive information
At the political level it is fiercely debated how detailed the publication of the stress test should be. The FMA currently tests whether the stress test results are stock market relevant, compulsory publications.
July 14, 2010
Stress tests pose problems
Results of stress tests will be published later than expected - assumptions behind tests create uncertainty.
July 14, 2010
Local banks in stress test "within normal range"
OeNB Governor criticizes EU Commission: State aid procedure too long - debt reduction, dampening the economy Austria's banks performed within "the normal range, in midfield," the Governor of the Austrian National bank (OeNB) and Governing Council memb
July 13, 2010
UniCredit's Profumo proposes 20-billion rescue fund
Head of Bank-Austria parent UniCredit, Alessandro Profumo, has announced his ambitions for a privately financed € 20 billion heavy rescue fund for troubled European banks.
July 12, 2010
Transaction tax - OECD European solo attempt
According to Jeffrey Owens, head of the OECD's tax department, a transaction tax only makes sense if it relates to the financial centres on a global scale.
July 12, 2010
Crisis causing private bankruptcy
Unemployment and less income: more than 50,000 people last year turned to a debt counselling bodies.
July 12, 2010
Pröll on economic status quo, "thunder and lightning are over"
The EU has demonstrated that "it is able to act in one of the worst crises, even if there were some mistakes," says Austrian Finance Minister Josef Pröll.
July 12, 2010
Hungarian burden for Austro-banks
Raiffeisen International (RI) CEO Herbert Stepic expressed his concerns during a general conference.
July 9, 2010
Banks swap gold - Caused by Central banks?
European banks have tons of bunkers gold at the "Super Fed" BIS (Bank for International Settlement). But they could have acted only as intermediary.
July 8, 2010
Stress tests - Erste Bank and RZB on the list
91 European banks will have to undergo stress tests of European regulators. Two Austrian institutions will be tested as well.
July 8, 2010
AWD - Commercial Court allows class action
Consumer information association (VKI) goes to court on behalf of 1,300 investors.
July 7, 2010
Hungary rejects amendments to bank levy
At the start of negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Hungarian government ruled out an amendment of the introduction of the controversial bank tax.
July 7, 2010
No share price manipulation in Immoeast, confirmed by court-appointed expert
An investor claimed that the price of Immoeast shares had been inflated manipulative trading activities of former Constantia Privatbank (now Aviso Zeta Bank)
July 6, 2010
Immofinanz - Sale of 55m shares hasn't started
The placement of the 55m Immofinanz shares from settlement with Constantia Packaging has not yet begun as reported in today’s published "Company Flash" of UniCredit.
July 6, 2010
Bank Austria’s Snowball clause illegal
The unilateral termination right of Bank Austria in its "Callable Snowball Floater " is unlawful according to the Supreme Court (OGH).
July 6, 2010
Cross Industries AG - Changes in Management Board and Supervisory Board
Mr. Rudolf Knünz resigns from the management board, Mr. Friedrich Roithner will take over the function of CFO.
July 5, 2010
Eco with surcharge above Austrian average
"Since the Austrian real estate companies with an average of four to five percent return on equity do not currently earn their cost of equity, an evaluation of net asset value is not justified in not justified in our opinion."
July 1, 2010
New management duo for Erste Bank Austria
Following the retirement of Bleyleben-Koren, the Bank will be lead by the duo Uher and Bosek.
July 1, 2010
EU needs a budget minister
For Austrian National Bank President Raidl, the Euro is a success story, however "the monetary union only functions as a political union "I think the Euro is a success story," said the President of OeNB and the Chairman of Voestalpine Claus Raidl to t
July 1, 2010
Nowotny strongly criticizes the Hungarian bank tax
The Austrian central bank chief Ewald Nowotny has practiced unusually sharp criticism of the Hungarian government, more specifically at the proposed Hungarian bank tax.
June 30, 2010
Erste Bank recommends formation of small cash reserves
The investment experts of “Erste Bank” recommend, from the third quarter, formation of small cash reserves in the amount of 5% in the conservative portfolio and 7.5% in the dynamic portfolio.
June 29, 2010
IMF - Austria to save on expenses
Raise taxes, use the potential in the labour market and build a more effective social services system.
June 29, 2010
Unternehmens Invest AG - Voting rights of Knünz GmbH
KP Invest Beteiligungs GmbH announces that Pierer GmbH and Knünz Gmbh each have transferred UIAG shares to KP Invest Beteiligungs GmbH through a transfer of assets and contribution, bringing the participation in voting rights and in share capital to 50.1%
June 29, 2010
Pierer and Knünz to introduce shares in equity firm
KP Invest is majority shareholder in Cross Industries and UIAG
June 28, 2010
ÖVAG does not want to stay solo
The enthusiasm of authorities, central bank and the federal government is limited for the decision of the ÖVAG owner to continue without a partner and to merge Investkredit and ÖVAG.
June 25, 2010
OeNB - Stress tests discriminate against European banks
The Austrian banks have become more stable compared to the autumn of 2009, as analyzed by the Austrian National Bank. However, "stress tests" could cause lengthy aid procedures in Europe.
June 25, 2010
EU - Austria granted to extend bank aid package
The European Commission extended the authorization for the Austrian bank rescue package of €100b ($123b) for half a year.
June 25, 2010
CA Immobilien Anlagen AG to acquire Europolis AG
CA Immobilien Anlagen AG agreed with Österreichische Volksbanken-AG Group to acquire all shares in Europolis AG.
June 25, 2010
CA Immo attends to Europolis AG
Austrian Volksbank AG (ÖVAG) will conclude on Thursday its business of selling its real estate subsidiary Europolis to the CA Immo.
June 24, 2010
Hypo SüdLeasing Ltd. - Change in Executive Team
The position of the Managing Director was assigned to Maria Klimke as of 01/06/2010. She succeeds Ms. Nora Frischherz who left the company on 31.05.2010.
June 23, 2010
Publication of the stress tests on Friday
In the second half of July, the results of the stress tests for the 25 leading banks in the community will be published. Previously such reviews, as well as the national results of stress tests for all banks of a country, were kept top secret.
June 23, 2010
Is Telekom Austria more expensive than the industry average?
Given the current revenue multiples, the Austrian government would have to pay almost 2 billion euros for the network of TA, which is about half the company's current market capitalization.
June 22, 2010
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