Investing in Erste Group

Last update: 31.10.2025

Peter Bosek © Erste Group / Marko Mestrovic

“We continued to successfully expand our customer business in the third quarter. Our strategic initiatives are delivering results and we’re managing to sustainably attract more and more customers to securities savings plans and other investment offerings – especially in Austria and Hungary. We’ve now managed to pass the 100 billion euro mark in assets under management for the first time. Our strong results confirm that Central and Eastern Europe remains Europe’s growth engine.”

Peter Bosek, CEO Erste Group

“Our strong operating performance, combined with capital optimization measures, has led to a significant increase in our core capital ratio. This provides us with an excellent foundation for self-financing our planned transaction in Poland.”

Stefan Dörfler, CFO Erste Group

Stefan Dörfler © Erste Group / Philipp Horak

Founded in 1819 as the first Austrian savings bank, Erste Group went public in 1997 with a strategy to expand its retail business into Central and Eastern Europe. Since then Erste Group has grown through numerous acquisitions and organically to become one of the largest financial services providers in the Eastern part of the EU in terms of clients and total assets.