Press Releases 2008

4. Quarter

12.12.2008 - Capital Markets Day: Erste Group continues to see solid growth prospects in CEE [pdf; 18.7 KB]
10.12.2008 - CEE insurance: outstanding premium growth of the last years gone, but double digit growth rates still on the table [pdf; 100.4 KB]
04.12.2008 - Economic and Capital Market Outlook for 2009 [pdf; 877.7 KB]
02.12.2008 - Extraordinary General Meeting of Erste Group approves planned issue of participation capital [pdf; 14.6 KB]
25.11.2008 - Ukraine faces challenging times yet sees economic recovery on the horizon [pdf; 374.4 KB]
24.11.2008 - Erste Bank Analysts: Very attractive ATX valuation, but financial crisis not yet over [pdf; 39.2 KB]
11.11.2008 - Erste Group: Notice of Extraordinary General Meeting [pdf; 16.0 KB]
06.11.2008 - New CEO appointed to Slovenská sporitelna [pdf; 46.8 KB]
30.10.2008 - Erste Group achieves strong operating profit in a difficult market environment [pdf; 35.0 KB]
30.10.2008 - Erste Group further strengthens its core capital base by EUR 2.7bn [pdf; 248.5 KB]
29.10.2008 - Erste Group Analysts: CEE pharma companies, antidote to market malaise [pdf; 337.2 KB]
23.10.2008 - Erste Group analysts: The robust credit quality of CEE corporates outperforms the sector indices [pdf; 43.7 KB]
13.10.2008 - Erste Group welcomes Austrian Federal Government banking package [pdf; 507.2 KB]
13.10.2008 - Erste Group analysts: CEE economic growth to decelerate in 2009, but no recession in sight [pdf; 19.1 KB]
10.10.2008 - Erste Group: Information on Island exposure [pdf; 14.0 KB]
07.10.2008 - Erste Group adjusting 2008 net profit outlook to reflect current financial market environment [pdf; 21.2 KB]
06.10.2008 - Serbian economy grows steadily, but further reforms and capital inflows needed [pdf; 170.2 KB]

3. Quarter

29.09.2008 - Changes to divisional reporting of Erste Group [pdf; 704.7 KB]
29.09.2008 - CEE equity markets sentiment remains volatile, but region keeps appeal in terms of risk [pdf; 31.6 KB]
26.09.2008 - Franz Hochstrasser appointed Deputy CEO of Erste Group [pdf; 15.6 KB]
25.09.2008 - Valuations of property companies in CEE look particularly attractive in a historical comparison [pdf; 294.8 KB]
24.09.2008 - CEE oil & gas sector hit by global equity sell off, but profitability still strong in 2008 [pdf; 220.6 KB]
22.09.2008 - Financial crisis not yet over – Keep stock positions underweighted [pdf; 44.0 KB]
22.09.2008 - Slavko Caric appointed as new CEO of Erste Bank Serbia [pdf; 29.8 KB]
16.08.2008 - Erste Group closes sale of insurance operations to Vienna Insurance Group [pdf; 34.8 KB]
11.08.2008 - New organisation of Erste Group complete [pdf; 51.3 KB]
30.07.2008 - Strong performance continues in H1 2008: operating profit up 25%, net income rises to EUR 637 million [pdf; 469.2 KB]
29.07.2008 - Erste Bank Analysts: CEE pharma companies, opportunity for long-term, fundamentally oriented investors [pdf; 320.9 KB]
14.07.2008 - Erste Bank analysts: ATX valuation in very attractive range Aftereffects of financial crisis expected to be felt even in 3Q 08 [pdf; 606.5 KB]
11.07.2008 - Erste Bank Analysts: Outlook for insurance markets in CEE better than stock prices indicate [pdf; 55.7 KB]
07.07.2008 - Erste Bank Analysts: The overall situation remains challenging with still good prospects for CEE [pdf; 59.4 KB]
01.07.2008 - Erste Bank acquires 9.8% stake in Russian Bank Center Invest [pdf; 60.4 KB]

2. Quarter

30.06.2008 - Erste Bank Management Announcement [pdf; 16.2 KB]
25.06.2008 - Erste Bank Research: “In gold we trust” [pdf; 2.1 MB]
20.06.2008 - Banking sector in Central Eastern Europe: Pace to slow down slightly on indirect sub-prime crisis effects [pdf; 53.5 KB]
10.06.2008 - Eurovisionen [pdf; 1.3 MB]
08.05.2008 - Erste Bank Analysts: Slovakia in the Eurozone - a benchmark for the assessment of other CEE candidates [pdf; 136.0 KB]
08.05.2008 - Euros in the wallets of the Slovaks, but who will be next? [pdf; 652.6 KB]
30.04.2008 - Erste Bank continues growth: record operating result as Q1 net profit rises to EUR 315.6 million in 2008 [pdf; 143.7 KB]
21.04.2008 - Manfred Wimmer to join Erste Bank Management Board [pdf; 18.7 KB]
18.04.2008 - Dominic Bruynseels appointed CEO of Banca Comerciala Româna [pdf; 34.2 KB]
17.04.2008 - Erste Bank Analysts: Stock markets to remain volatile – Insecurity not yet over [pdf; 1.2 MB]
07.04.2008 - Erste Bank analysts: Austria and Poland are the best places within the CEE Equity markets to await better weather in Q2 [pdf; 1.3 MB]
03.04.2008 - Erste Bank analysts: Ukraine shows strong growth, but has yet to find a way to battle inflation [pdf; 1.5 MB]
01.04.2008 - Erste Group analysts ranked Nr. 1 in investment recommendations for Central and Eastern Europe [pdf; 273.0 KB]

1. Quarter

26.03.2008 - Erste Bank sells insurance operations for EUR 1,445m and signs 15 year distribution agreement with Vienna Insurance Group [pdf; 104.7 KB]
26.03.2008 - Erste Bank analysts: Serbian economy on growth path, but needs institutional framework reforms and further FDI [pdf; 1005.2 KB]
18.03.2008 - CEE oil sector: solid USD earnings, but partly due to US currency depreciation [pdf; 231.9 KB]
14.03.2008 - Identify opportunities of home and emerging markets instead of analysing problems in US, say Erste Bank analysts [pdf; 31.8 KB]
14.03.2008 - Identify opportunities of home and emerging markets instead of analysing problems in US, say Erste Bank analysts [pdf; 31.6 KB]
11.03.2008 - Erste Bank's UTX-Certificate: Profit from the Ukraine's rapid growth [pdf; 33.0 KB]
29.02.2008 - Erste Bank ends 2007 on a record quarter, beating target with net profit of EUR 1,174.7 million [pdf; 442.9 KB]
19.02.2008 - Banking sector in South East Europe [pdf; 68.1 KB]
19.02.2008 - Banking sector in South East Europe [pdf; 62.9 KB]
31.01.2008 - Erste Bank receives admission to trade on the Bucharest Stock Exchange [pdf; 406.3 KB]
22.01.2008 - Romanian Stock Exchange: Long term growth potential of local companies [pdf; 406.3 KB]
09.01.2008 - Growth differential supporting [pdf; 27.9 KB]