Press Releases 2012

27.12.2012 - Is “13” the lucky number for the economy?

20.12.2012 - Erste Group enters into an agreement to sell Erste Bank Ukraine

19.12.2012 - Outlook Stock Markets and Vienna Stock Exchange 2013

14.12.2012 - JP Immobilien: First Real Estate Bond Issue Secured by first lien mortgages

06.12.2012 - Austrians plan to spend some EUR 2.6 billion on Christmas presents

04.12.2012 - Erste Group Issues Erste Renewable Energy Bond

03.12.2012 - Erste Bank and Caritas: Donate every time you save

28.11.2012 - Erste Group’s Slovak subsidiary to finance Forum Business Center I in Bratislava for HB Reavis

26.11.2012 - Erste Bank Savings and Credit Outlook

08.11.2012 - Erste Group successfully placed EUR1.25 bn 12-year benchmark Slovak government Eurobond at record low yield of 3.375%

08.11.2012 - CEE deleveraging remains moderate, mitigated by portfolio investments and EU funds

30.10.2012 - Erste Group posts net profit of EUR 597.3 million and stable operating result in the first nine months of 2012

29.10.2012 - Erste Group Savings Barometer: More than half of CEE people put money aside regularly but fear inflation

18.10.2012 - Erste Bank expands micro-loan programme

17.10.2012 - Debt crisis weighing down on euro zone more than on US

11.10.2012 - Survey: Austrians save EUR 170 per month

03.10.2012 - Erste Group comfortably meets the EBA capital requirement

25.09.2012 - Erste Bank wants to be an active partner for business

20.09.2012 - Economy & Finance: Almost two-thirds of Austrians believe they have knowledge gaps

17.08.2012 - Foreign currency loans: One quarter of all Erste Bank customers have converted or switched loans with payment vehicles

07.08.2012 - Erste Bank 2nd Quarter Savings and Credit Forecast: Half of Austrians expect an economic upswing within the next two years

07.08.2012 - Erste Group launches free Investor Relations application

31.07.2012 - Erste Group posts net profit of EUR 453.6 million in first half of 2012 and increases EBA capital ratio (excluding retained earnings) to 9.9%

18.07.2012 - Outlook 2012: Equity Markets and the Vienna Stock Exchange

18.07.2012 - Todor Alexandrov Offices in Sofia developed by Erste Group Immorent AG are ready for occupation

11.07.2012 - Gold is king in times of negative real interest rates

04.07.2012 - How long will the post-EU summit euphoria last?

02.07.2012 - IR Magazine Europe Awards Erste Group Investor Relations

27.06.2012 - Global deleveraging: is CEE in the eye of the storm?

26.06.2012 - Erste Group lays cornerstone of new headquarters

18.06.2012 - Banking in the Future

12.06.2012 - Poland new long 10-year sovereign bond places the issuer in the top league of CEE issuers

05.06.2012 - Retirement provisioning trends 2012

05.06.2012 - Erste Group’s ownership in BCR increases to 93.27%, following the successful buyout offer for minority shareholders

01.06.2012 - Erste Group Immorent is awarded most valuable real estate brand

31.05.2012 - Erste Group pays EUR 98 million in interest to the Republic of Austria

24.05.2012 - Will Poland and Ukraine score with EURO 2012?

23.05.2012 - Study: Every tenth Austrian wants to invest in securities

16.05.2012 - Erste Group: Rödler appointed as new Chairman of the Supervisory Board

15.05.2012 - 3-Day Workshop for Start-ups

10.05.2012 - Erste Group is joint bookrunner for EUR 1 bn bond issue for OeBB-Infrastruktur AG

08.05.2012 - New Head of Communications at Erste Bank Oesterreich

30.04.2012 - Erste Group improves net profit to EUR 346.5 million in Q1 2012 - EBA capital requirement already met as of March 2012

24.04.2012 - Erste Bank and the savings banks achieve higher net profit of EUR 260 million

23.04.2012 - Erste Bank Social Banking: Working against Poverty

20.04.2012 - Android net banking app goes live on 23 April

19.04.2012 - “Ready to Race?” – KTM issues corporate bond

16.04.2012 - Erste Bank’s outlook on savings and loans trends

11.04.2012 - Erste Bank takes over Intermarket Bank

11.04.2012 - Euro area 2012: first steps on path to recovery

04.04.2012 - Japan crisis and sovereign debt keep financial markets jumpy

02.04.2012 - Erste Bank cuts CO2 emissions by more than half

06.03.2012 - Women's power: Every other woman reaches financial decisions on her own

05.03.2012 - Oil price to hit new all time-highs; average USD 123 per barrel expected until March 2013

29.02.2012 - Erste Group returns to profitability in Q4 11 and cuts net loss for 2011 to EUR 718.9 million; timely compliance with EBA capital requirement

22.02.2012 - Erste Group successfully manages issue of Czech Republic EUR 2.0 bn bond

14.02.2012 - Austria will absorb developments in 2012 better than the euro zone

06.02.2012 - CEE countries with bigger breathing space for higher government bond yields

02.02.2012 - Erste Group successfully issues EUR 1.0 bn mortgage covered bond

31.01.2012 - Erste Bank’s outlook on savings and loans trends

27.01.2012 - BCR: Supervisory Board reshuffles Management Board

25.01.2012 - Economic and Capital Market Outlook 2012

23.01.2012 - Erste Group redeems third Government Guaranteed bond

20.01.2012 - Erste Group Research Alpha Certificate: Returns attained despite headwind

18.01.2012 - Erste Group commits EUR 140mln to Telekom Serbia as part of a recent syndicated loan taken by the company

17.01.2012 - Career:Udo Birkner Head of Strategic Risk Management

16.01.2012 - Triple A Ratings: Score is still 2:1 for Austria

04.01.2012 - Equities to slowly regain appeal in 2012; CEE stocks favoured versus Eurozone

03.01.2012 - Christian Ahlfeld: New Member on the Management Board of Intermarket Bank