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Vienna Stock Exchange: Winners and Losers (2011-11-23)
Daily News-Flash from the Vienna Stock Exchange. Upgrades & Downgrades, Winners & Losers.
November 23, 2011
Vienna Stock Exchange: Winners and Losers (2011-11-22)
Daily News-Flash from the Vienna Stock Exchange: Upgrades & Downgrades, Winners & Losers.
November 22, 2011
Austrian Minister of Economics Criticizes Hungary
On the occasion of a bilateral meeting between the Hungarian and the Austrian Minister of Economics Reinhold Mitterlehner repeated his critics regarding Hungarian foreign currency loans.
November 21, 2011
Austrian Central Bank Calls for Rise in Equity for Banks
The Austrian Central Bank (OeNB) prescribes Austrian banks to raise their equity base. By 2016, a further capital base of 3.0% is required.
November 21, 2011
Vienna Stock Exchange: Winners and Losers (2011-11-21)
Daily News-Flash from the Vienna Stock Exchange: Upgrades & Downgrades, Winners & Losers.
November 21, 2011
Increasing Capital Requirements for Austrian Banks
The Austrian Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI) needs to raise its equity base by € 2.5bn instead of € 1.9bn, the bank supervision claims.
November 19, 2011
Raiffeisen’s Capital Shortfall Grows to € 2.5bn
The Austrian bank said it would not require state support to ensure compliance with the new requirements set by the European Banking Authority.
November 18, 2011
Vienna Stock Exchange: Winners and Losers (2011-11-17)
Daily News-Flash from the Vienna Stock Exchange. Upgrades & Downgrades, Winners & Losers.
November 17, 2011
Vienna Stock Exchange: Winners and Losers (2011-11-15)
Daily News-Flash from the Vienna Stock Exchange: Upgrades & Downgrades, Winners & Losers.
November 15, 2011
Raiffeisen Cuts Staff in Czech Republic
The Austrian banks local unit has reacted to increasing costs and the poor economic outlook.
November 9, 2011
Growth Potential in CEE Banking Sector
The Austrian Raiffeisen Bank International has a very favourable growth outlook for six CEE banking markets representing 80 per cent of the region's total banking assets
November 8, 2011
Vienna Stock Exchange: Winners and Losers (2011-11-08)
Daily News-Flash from the Vienna Stock Exchange: Upgrades & Downgrades, Winners & Losers.
November 8, 2011
Hungary Rejects Further Bank Charges
Contrary to its initial plans, Hungary will not resolve further aid measures for domestic loan takers. The government is seeking for cooperation with concerned banks.
November 5, 2011
No Nationalization of Austrian Banks
The head of the Austrian bank holding company Fimbag, Klaus Liebscher, believes that Austrian major banks do not need further capital provided by the state.
November 2, 2011
Raiffeisen: „Do Not Need State Capital“
Walter Rothensteiner, CEO of the Austrian RZB, intends not to sell shares in order to raise the equity base.
November 1, 2011
Orban Attacks Austrian Banks
The Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban wants to release his country from the “debt slavery” and criticizes Austria´s reactions.
October 29, 2011
Vienna Stock Exchange: Winners and Losers (2011-10-28)
Daily News-Flash from the Vienna Stock Exchange. Upgrades & Downgrades, Winners & Losers.
October 28, 2011
Declining Profits for ATX Companies
Analysts expect Vienna-listed companies to report substantial lower profits. Even losses are feared.
October 24, 2011
Vienna Stock Exchange: Winners and Losers (2011-10-17)
Daily News-Flash from the Vienna Stock Exchange: Upgrades & Downgrades, Winners & Losers.
October 17, 2011
OeEB Grants Credit to Azerbaijani Bank
DemirBank receives $ 25m from the Austrian Development Bank, RBI and other lenders to support entrepreneurs in Azerbaijan.
October 12, 2011
RBI: „There Is No Reason to Write Off“
After Erste Group has published its highly negative forecast for 2011, Raiffeisen Bank International came under pressure. RBI underlines that its risk is not comparable to that of Erste Group.
October 10, 2011
Erste Bank to Keep State Capital Into 2012
According to Bloomberg, Erste Group Bank, Austria’s biggest lender, may not repay € 1.2bn in state aid until 2012.
October 8, 2011
RBI: Capital Injection for Hungarian Subsidiary Likely
The Austrian bank’s losses from the conversion of foreign currency loans will amount to approximately € 100m.
October 7, 2011
Vienna Stock Exchange: Winners and Losers (2011-10-05)
Daily News-Flash from the Vienna Stock Exchange: Upgrades and Downgrades, Winners and Losers.
October 5, 2011
Vienna Stock Exchange: Winners and Losers (2011-09-30)
Daily News-Flash from the Vienna Stock Exchange. Upgrades & Downgrades, Winners & Losers.
September 30, 2011
Sergey Monin Appointed as CEO of Raiffeisenbank in Russia
He succeeds Pavel Gurin who passed away at the start of September. The appointment is subject to approval of the Russian Central Bank.
September 30, 2011
Vienna Stock Exchange: Winners and Losers (2011-09-27)
Daily News-Flash from the Vienna Stock Exchange. Upgrades & Downgrades, Winners & Losers.
September 27, 2011
Vienna Stock Exchange: Winners and Losers (2011-09-26)
Daily News-Flash from the Vienna Stock Exchange: Upgrades & Downgrades, Winners & Losers.
September 26, 2011
RBI Defies Hungary’s Banking Tax
The Austrian bank is not planning to pull out of Hungary. Losses from the conversion of foreign currency loans cannot be estimated yet.
September 22, 2011
Vienna Stock Exchange: Winners and Losers (2011-09-19)
Daily News-Flash from the Vienna Stock Exchange: Upgrades and Downgrades, Winners and Losers.
September 19, 2011
S&P: „Austrian Banks Undercapitalized“
The rating agency Standard & Poor´s (S&P) sees a substantial undercapitalization for Austrian banks. The recommended rist-adjusted capital quota is 8%, Austrian banks are below.
September 19, 2011
Vienna Stock Exchange: Winners and Losers (2011-09-09)
Daily News-Flash from the Vienna Stock Exchange: Upgrades & Downgrades, Winners & Losers.
September 9, 2011
CEO of Raiffeisenbank Russia Dead
Pavel Gurin, CEO of Raiffeisenbank in Russia, passed away, the Austrian Bank stated.
September 5, 2011
Vienna Stock Exchange: Winners and Losers (2011-08-26)
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August 26, 2011
New Structure and Management for Raiffeisen Leasing
The Austrian banking group is reorganizing its leasing business. Three new subsidiaries will deal with business in Austria, large customers and in-house projects.
August 26, 2011
RBI – Capital Increase May Be an Option
The Austrian bank posted strong results for the first six months of the year. Consolidated profit increased by almost one third year-on-year.
August 25, 2011
Vienna Stock Exchange: Winners and Losers (2011-08-24)
Daily News-Flash from the Vienna Stock Exchange: Upgrades & Downgrades, Winners & Losers.
August 24, 2011
Vienna Stock Exchange: Winners and Losers (2011-08-22)
Daily News-Flash from the Vienna Stock Exchange: Upgrades & Downgrades, Winners & Losers.
August 22, 2011
Erste Group not Interested in Polish Bank Millenium
The Austrian bank continues looking for opportunities to expand into Poland after it has ruled out an acquisition of Bank Millenium.
August 16, 2011
Vienna Stock Exchange: Winners and Losers (2011-08-11)
Daily News-Flash from the Vienna Stock Exchange: Upgrades & Downgrades, Winners & Losers.
August 11, 2011
Trend towards More Bonds in Corporate Financing
Companies will increasingly rely on the capital market as bank loans are becoming more expensive due to Basel III and stricter liquidity requirements.
August 3, 2011
Erste Group Planning New Branch Concept for Czech Republic
The Austrian bank’s Czech subsidiary is working on a modern concept which will be targeted at new customer groups.
August 3, 2011
Martin Schwedler Appointed CEO of Raiffeisen Investment in Moscow
The previous board member of RIAG will focus on expanding the Austrian bank’s presence in Russia’s growing M&A and ECM business.
August 1, 2011
Vienna Stock Exchange: Winners and Losers (2011-07-22)
Daily News-Flash from the Vienna Stock Exchange: Upgrades & Downgrades, Winners & Losers.
July 22, 2011
RBI’s Direct Bank Zuno Starts Operations in the Czech Republic
Following the launch in Slovakia at the end of 2010, Raiffeisen’s direct bank now takes up business in a second country.
July 19, 2011
Stress Test: Erste Group and Raiffeisen Passed, Volksbank Failed
Volksbanken Group is the only Austrian bank that failed the stress test. Taking into account the measures that are currently being implemented, the core tier I ratio would be above the benchmark.
July 15, 2011
European Stress Test Results to Be Published on July 15
The test performance of 91 participating banks will be available next week. According to Moody’s, Austrian Volksbanken AG is at risk of failing the test.
July 8, 2011
Vienna Stock Exchange: Winners and Losers (2011-07-05)
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July 5, 2011
Vienna Stock Exchange: Winners and Losers (2011-07-04)
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July 4, 2011
RBI Hit by Bankruptcy of Saudi Arabian Company
The Austrian bank has problems with its credit business in Saudi Arabia. “An amount in the low hundreds of millions” is at risk.
July 4, 2011