14.11.2024
Erste wins “Best Private Bank” awards for CEE region and five national markets
- Erste wins “Best Private Bank in CEE” distinction from both PWM/The Banker and Global Finance
- Additional awards as leading private bank in Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Romania, and Slovakia
Erste Private Banking has recently received a total of eight “Best Private Bank” awards from the highly regarded publications PWM/The Banker and Global Finance. PWM/The Banker recognized Erste as being the best private bank in the CEE region, as well as at a national level in both Austria and Romania. In its private banking awards programme, Global Finance also honoured Erste as the CEE region’s leading private banking services provider and additionally selected Erste Private Banking for its national awards for Czechia, Slovakia, Romania, and Croatia.
“Over the past year, Erste Private Banking has excelled in delivering innovative, bespoke solutions and in fostering intimate client relationships across the CEE region. Our commitment to advanced digital banking initiatives and our focus on personalized wealth management services and sustainable investments has resonated well with our clients, allowing us to substantially grow our assets under management and enjoy client growth,” says Maximilian Clary und Aldringen, Head of Private Banking and Wealth Management at Erste Group.
“Over the past year, Erste Private Banking has excelled in delivering innovative, bespoke solutions and in fostering intimate client relationships across the CEE region. Our commitment to advanced digital banking initiatives and our focus on personalized wealth management services and sustainable investments has resonated well with our clients, allowing us to substantially grow our assets under management and enjoy client growth,” says Maximilian Clary und Aldringen, Head of Private Banking and Wealth Management at Erste Group.
CEE: “Best Private Bank” (both PWM/The Banker and Global Finance)
This year marks the eleventh year in a row that PWM/The Banker has selected Erste Group for its the "Best Private Bank in Central and Eastern Europe" award. Erste Private Banking was also chosen as the CEE region’s best private bank in the awards programme of the peer publication Global Finance.
Erste Group provides private banking services to private clients in Austria and the CEE region, where its local private banking units operate in Croatia, Czechia, Hungary, Romania, and Slovakia. In these markets, Erste Private Banking offers a full range of wealth management services to nearly 26,000 private clients with total assets under management of 37.3 billion euros.
Over the past twelve months, Erste Group’s private banking continued to follow its commitment to delivering highly individualized modular discretionary portfolio management. The managed solutions segment witnessed exponential growth, outpacing overall volume increases, a testament to the exceptional performance and adaptability of Erste Private Banking’s portfolio management offerings. The private banking division also remained true to its commitment to advanced digital banking initiatives, such as the introduction of exclusive cards and enhanced digital capabilities in Erste’s digital banking platform George. These offers have significantly improved the customer experience offered to Erste Private Banking’s discerning clientele.