Our capital markets competence in Hungary

	Our capital markets competence in Hungary In Hungary capital markets clients not only profit from Erste Bank Hungary’s strong position in the capital markets business but also from the competence of Erste Investment Hungary, the most rapidly expanding investment services provider in Hungary.

Erste Group in Hungary

Erste Group has entered the Hungarian banking market in 1997 by acquiring Mezőbank, and has introduced the Erste brand the following year. After multiple acquisitions and solid organic growth, today Erste Bank Hungary is the second largest retail player in the market, serving 1 million customers with its countrywide network of more than 100 branch units. Erste Bank Hungary provides a full range of services to retail, municipality corporate customers and institutional clients. Erste is the market leader in Hungary in credit cards and has strong top 3 positions in retail lending and wealth management. Erste Bank Hungary is 70% owned by Erste Group Bank AG, while the Hungarian State and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) both have 15% shares in the bank.

Capital markets business in Hungary

The Hungarian capital market activity of Erste Group - under the umbrella of Capital Markets and Wealth Management Division of Erste Bank Hungary - is divided between two legal entities, Erste Bank Hungary (EBH) and Erste Investment Hungary (EIH). ERSTE Group Hungary is the largest fully-fledged capital market service provider on the Hungarian capital market, offering its retail, corporate and institutional clients a wide range of financial and financial derivative products ranging from foreign exchange, money market, fixed income, equity and DCM/ECM services. EBH is responsible for the traditional capital market activity (FX, MM, FI) and DCM services, while EIH manages the equity trading and sales activities and ECM services. EBH is market maker on the local markets in FX and MM products. EIH is the top financial service provider on the Budapest Stock Exchange based on annual total turnover and ranked among the top three HGB primary dealers.

Erste Group Hungary strives to build long-term partnership with its clients to facilitate its client’s wealth and risk managements. Erste Group Hungary supports its clients’ capital market activities with its profound local market knowledge and by tailoring its services to the clients’ needs and local market specialties.

Market insight Hungary

Being a small and open economy, Hungary has strong relationships with the world market, especially with other European Union countries. Starting from the early 2010s, EU-fund inflows have played a very important role in supporting economic growth. Meanwhile, the economic growth is broadly-based, as both external and internal demand contribute to strong GDP figures in recent years. Fiscal deficit is well below the 3% of GDP Maastricht threshold, while public debt to GDP figures have been on declining path since the beginning of the decade. External indebtedness declined heavily, as well, making the currency less prone to swings in investor sentiment. The country returned to investment grade at all the three credit rating agencies in 2016. Despite the very low global yield environment, government bond yields still offer some pickup compared to German Bunds and some CEE peers, but with strongly improved risk profile after fiscal deficit numbers, public debt and external indebtedness improved considerably since the global financial crisis.

Mihály Geiszbühl

Head of Capital Markets EBH Executive Director Erste Investment Ltd.

Erste Bank Hungary
Nėpfürdő Str. 24-26.
1138 Budapest
Tel.: +36 20329 - 3006
mihaly.geiszbuhl@erstebank.hu

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Róbert Cselovszki

CEO of Erste Investment Ltd. Head of CM & Wealth Mgmt Division EBH

Erste Investmentbank Hungary
Nėpfürdő Str. 24-26.
1138 Budapest
Tel.: +36 1235 – 5102
robert.cselovszki@ersteinvestment.hu

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