Our capital markets competence in Austria

	Our capital markets competence in Austria As one of the largest and longest established banking groups in Austria Erste Group plays a leading role in the financial sector and in the capital market business.

Erste Group in Austria

Erste Group is one of the largest and longest established banking groups in Austria. Founded as the “Erste Oesterreichische Spar-Casse” in 1819, today it plays a major role in the development of financial management in Austria and Central Europe. Together with the Savings banks (cross-guarantee scheme) Erste Group forms a strong, stable banking group, which serves more than 2.8 million customers at 993 branches in Austria.

Capital markets business in Austria

Corporate and institutional clients profit from Erste Group’s long experience in the capital markets business. Whether the product is standard or tailor-made, the focus of Erste Group’s treasury solutions is always placed on the unique needs of each individual client. The "extended home market" strategy adopted by Erste is of particular benefit to our capital markets customers. The presence of subsidiaries and branches from the Czech Republic to Romania and from Poland to Croatia provides market coverage across the whole CEE region. And overseas branches in New York, London and Hong Kong ensure that our treasury services extend to most of the world's major financial centres. Our strong client orientation combined with in-depth product knowledge and our particular CEE expertise guarantee unique, reliable, state-of-the-art solutions for our clients. This is undoubtedly a key factor in ensuring longstanding relationships with our clients.

Market insight Austria

As a small and open economy Austria has benefited from its business expansion into the CEE region. Austrian companies are not only significant exporters to CEE. They are also large direct investors in the region’s economies. That is why investments in Austrian companies are often considered as a vehicle for investments in the CEE region.

Oswald Huber

Head of Group Markets

Erste Group Bank AG
Am Belvedere 1
 1100 Vienna
Tel.: +43 (0)5 0100 – 84901
oswald.huber@erstegroup.com

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