Press Archive 2013

At 54.1 points in December, Bank Austria Purchasing Managers' Index points to continued robust growth

Refinancing of Ducat Place III in the Central Administrative District of Moscow, a premier office scheme for international companies

Very positive impulses from eurozone, especially Germany

UniCredit Banka Slovenija d.d. assessed as the healthiest bank in the stress testing exercise

Bank Austria is the only bank in Austria to directly offer RSI-backed loans

2014 to see hesitant recovery in sector growth

Bank Austria firmly rejects allegations published by NEWS

Bank Austria's CEE Division has completed two more important steps in its restructuring process.

The EUR 6,000 Horst Knapp Prize is one of the most prestigious awards for financial and economic journalism in Austria.

Business in Austrian industry is starting to run better and better.

Banking business is changing fundamentally.

Bank Austria and its external consultant, Media Consult Story Development, have been awarded the Austrian State Prize for Public Relations 2013 in the "Internal PR" category.

For the first time in its ten-year history, the "Writing for CEE" journalism prize has not gone to a candidate from Central or Eastern Europe.

Activity in sector expected to gain momentum again in 2014

Bank Austria today issued a five and a half year bond with a volume of EUR 500 million.

Temporary uncertainty only from US debt cliff, diminishing need for consolidation in Europe to support economy in the medium term

Donations made in response to Bank Austria's appeal will go directly to the Caritas Emergency Relief Fund

Supported by growth of customer business, operating profit is slightly higher than in the previous year, despite substantial charges for bank levies

The new UniCredit Academy Austria will be inaugurated on 8 November 2013.

The upwards trend in Austrian industry picked up pace in October.

The public covered bond issue 2013/2020 – EUR 500 million, 1.875 % from UniCredit Bank Austria AG with a term of seven years and a coupon of 1.875 per cent was priced and placed today.

The recovery in the Austrian economy is gradually taking root.

With the Bank Austria KünstlerSparbuch 2013 passbook savings account, savers can earn interest on their savings, enjoy art and culture, and at the same time help other people.

UniCredit granted Euromoney Award as "Best Cash Management House" in Austria, Bosnia Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Poland, Romania, Serbia and Slovenia

The current Bank Austria investment barometer for World Savings Day shows that it is primarily the general economic climate and low interest rates which are responsible for changes in investor behaviour.

Rosemarie Kerencic, 44, began her career at Bank Austria in one of the largest units in Vienna.

The SmartBanking customer service approach has been voted "the most innovative financial service in 2013" by a clear majority of participants at the 27th Alpbach Finance Symposium. Bank Austria has won this award for the fourth consecutive time.

The new 2.00 per cent Fixzins-Obligation 2013–2018/4 bond is tailored to meet the needs of investors who want to invest their money for a manageable term and look for a fixed interest rate.

The upward trend in Austrian industry continues, but it lost a bit of momentum in September.

The Austrian real estate market is a small, stable market with net cash flow returns of around 5 percent in the last nine years

Following the successful placement of a fixed-rate Wohnbauanleihe bond in the past few weeks, Bank Austria Wohnbaubank AG has launched a new fixed-rate Wohnbauanleihe bond for security-oriented investors starting from 20 September 2013.

The new SmartBanking customer service model is being launched via a national marketing campaign following completion of an 8-month trial period.

More and more property owners are taking advantage of the current demand in order to sell their properties at lucrative prices.

Risky assets in demand again this year

2012 saw a return to pre-crisis levels, with a nominal 2.4 per cent increase taking total revenue to EUR 22.3 billion

Bank Austria is offering security-conscious investors a new 7-year mortgage bond for private and corporate customers from 7 August 2013.

Volume of customer business up on the previous year, operating profit up by 5.5 per cent to EUR 1.6 billion, reflecting sound customer business and flat cost trends.

Bank Austria Purchasing Managers' Index is still only just shy of the growth zone in July: 0.8 point rise to 49.1 is its highest value since November 2012

Starting on 25 July 2013, Bank Austria Wohnbaubank AG is to issue a new fixed-income housing construction bonds for security-oriented investors.

The region is adjusting to slower growth across its trading partners, growth patterns up to 2008 will not be repeated

The Hypothekenpfandbrief 2013/2018 – 500 Millionen Euro, 1.25 % mortgage bond from UniCredit Bank Austria AG with a term of five years and a coupon of 1.25 per cent was priced and placed today.

Prize awarded by APA and UniCredit Bank Austria celebrates its 10th anniversary.

Bank Austria Business Indicator slides back slightly into negative range in June.

Inflation forecast for 2013: 1.9 per cent

UniCredit has won five prestigious awards attributed by Euromoney, one of the leading international business magazine worldwide.

Kaiserwasser investment is a clear sign of UniCredit's commitment to the city of Vienna

The City of Vienna has launched a new initiative in the transport sector to provide additional impetus for a barrier-free environment:

Bank Austria Private Banking still overweighting emerging markets

Switzerland remains the most expensive holiday destination; Japan inexpensive for the first time

Planning permission for the Austria Campus is expected for the first half of 2014, and construction work will start soon afterwards. Construction is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2016

The Austrian Red Cross and Bank Austria thank all donors

Slowly, but surely: recovery in the second half of the year thanks to a more favourable export environment generates industrial growth of one per cent in 2013 – a four per cent increase in production in 2014

As a real estate brokerage company, Bank Austria ImmobilienService provided some tips about the things investors and sellers should keep in mind

Based on the motto "Building a better bank together", the Customer and Employee Forum offers an opportunity to help shape Bank Austria's future

The new Fixzins-Obligation (fixed-interest bond) 2013–2017/3 of Bank Austria is suitable for investors who want to invest their money for a manageable term and want to rely on fixed interest.

Global signs of an upswing in the second half of the year are increasing, though the economy will grow by a mere 0.4 per cent in 2013

The "next generation" business plan competition, in which students are invited to submit entries in the categories of "Best Business Plan" and "Best Business Idea", was held for the seventh time this year.

Bank Austria offers all flood victims fast, flexible and unbureaucratic solutions.

Demand dominated by domestic and foreign private banks and professional investors

Volker Obermayr was awarded the prestigious Horst Knapp Prize

The world exchanges are currently proving all the sceptics wrong, and many major indices are even breaking new records almost every day.

Problems such as the Cyprus crisis hurting sentiment among Austria's manufacturers and consumers in April

Net profit of EUR 285 million down by EUR 117 million or 29.1 per cent from the previous year reflecting special effects

In the coming years, economic growth in CEE should outperform the core Western European countries, provided that the right conditions are in place.

Access to customer accounts or the execution of unauthorised transactions was not possible at any time.

Burgenland the top federal province in 2012, followed by Tyrol, Styria and Vorarlberg

Lack of demand stimulus results in lower production and adjustments to headcounts in April

The financial markets remain quite robust despite the fact that the economic data do not necessarily give cause for such positive performance.

Low interest rates and the need to find a safe form of investment are currently resulting in high demand for residential property.

The first World Fund Day organised in Austria on 19 April 2013 will provide an opportunity for Bank Austria to demonstrate its fund advisory expertise.

Bank Austria Business Indicator falls modestly in March, but remains in the black at 0.5 points

UniCredit received this coveted award as one of Europe's top employers for the third consecutive year.

In 2007, UniCredit Bank Austria AG ("Bank Austria") joined a lawsuit as a process-guiding intervening party in support of its former subsidiary the defendant AKB Privatbank Zürich AG (formerly Bank Austria (Schweiz) AG).

Austria is not the only place where the delay of spring is dragging spirits down.

Bank Austria was declared winner in the competition for "Austria's most customer-oriented service providers" once again in 2013

Sound operating performance: net operating profit from customer business in Austria and CEE improved by a combined 3 per cent

The 2-year floater bond with a short term and a variable interest rate meets the needs of corporate investments but is also suitable for private customers.

The Chinese equities market is proving to be rather volatile just now. One reason for the strong fluctuations in prices is probably the National People's Congress, which has just started in Beijing and will involve a change of leadership after 10 years.

Bank Austria sees anti-cyclical investment opportunities in the Czech Republic and CEE

Sales grew by 2 per cent in nominal terms and stagnated in price-adjusted terms in 2012

Consolidation gaining momentum on the Austrian private banking market

Amidst the difficult conditions at the moment, Austrian industry is taking time to pick up momentum.

Demand is expected to remain high for residential real estate in 2013. Supply is lingering behind demand particularly in locations where business is strong.

Automatic budget cuts could grip the USA on 1 March

The 2012 Bank Austria Art Prize will be awarded during a gala event at the Theater in der Josefstadt on the evening of 15 February 2013.

Conditions in the Austrian economy have improved further since the beginning of the year.

At today’s extraordinary general meeting of UniCredit Bank Austria, Alfredo Meocci (60) and Alessandro Decio (47) were elected as new members of the Supervisory Board of UniCredit Bank Austria.

This year the Chinese welcome in their New Year on 10 February – the "Year of the Snake".

 In the new Management Board area for Private and Corporate Customers headed by Helmut Bernkopf, three main parts of the commercial banking business have been combined

Austrian industry continues to bounce back, as the economic slowdown gradually fades away.

With the support of the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, Austria’s biggest recruiting study, "Career’s Best Recruiters" analyses the search for applicants on the part of the 500 biggest Austrian companies.

The Supervisory Board of Bank Austria Real Invest has nominated Peter Czapek, 54, as the new CEO and spokesperson of the Managing Board at Bank Austria Real Invest.

After an absence of just over two years from the capital market, Novomatic AG – a top Austrian company and global player in the international gaming industry – has placed its latest corporate bond on the market with a volume of EUR 250 million before the subscription period expired.

Bank Austria today issued a five-year bond with a volume of EUR 500 million.

A joint analysis by the OECD and the WTO has departed from the conventional method of calculating foreign trade data, which always measures trade flows upon crossing a border.

The US tech sector has been in the news more frequently recently, and not all of the headlines have been positive.

At the beginning of the new year, the signs of an economic turnaround are becoming even clearer.

Although still in the grip of an uncertain global economic environment and EMU turbulence, the Central and Eastern European banking sector keeps showing good profitability.

Sector report by Bank Austria Economics & Market Analysis Austria:<br>Austria’s food industry between stagnating demand and successful innovation.

This Fixzins-Obligation (fixed-interest bond) is tailored to meet the needs of investors who want to invest their money for a manageable term and want to rely on fixed interest.

Although working through the collateral damage from the EMU crisis and a broader global slowdown will take some time, 2013 should become a better growth year for CEE than 2012.

The last-minute agreement that was reached in the US budget conflict got the stock markets off to a spectacular start in 2013.

Starting on 2 January 2013, Bank Austria Wohnbaubank AG will issue a new fixed-interest WohnbauAnleihe (residential construction bond) for security-oriented investors.