Frankfurt am Main (ots) - - Slight drop in total funding commitments to EUR 15.6 billion - Increase in domestic promotional business volume to EUR 12.2 billion - Strong demand for promotional housing programmes - KfW IPEX-Bank back to normality at EUR 2.5 billion, after exceptional year in 2015 - Consolidated profit of EUR 246 million KfW Group made funding commitments totalling EUR 15.6 billion in the first three months ...
Frankfurt am Main (ots) - - EUR 140 million to finance power transmission networks and substations - Overcoming the energy bottlenecks - requirement for sustainable economic growth - Important contribution towards energy efficiency and climate protection - Highest loan ever issued to Bangladesh As part of the 49th ...
Frankfurt am Main (ots) - - Prmotional business rose to EUR 79.3 billion - Consolidated profit of EUR 2,171 million achieved - Increase in total assets to EUR 503.0 billion In 2015, KfW Group recorded very high demand for its financing products and approved funding at a total volume of EUR 79.3 billion (2014: EUR 74.1 billion, +7.0%). In Germany (2015: EUR 50.5 billion, +6.0%, 2014: EUR 47.6 billion), the increase can be ...
Frankfurt am Main (ots) - - Sharp rise of 3% in residential construction investment - New construction still failing to keep up with demand, however - Heightened risk of localised property bubbles The number of new homes being built in Germany continues to rise but will still fail to keep up with demand this year. KfW Research expects investment in residential construction to rise by 3% in real terms in 2016 (up from 1.3% ...
Frankfurt am Main (ots) - - SME business sentiment drops for the third month in a row - Companies react sensitively to financial market turmoil and Brexit debate - Real economy, however, remains on track The pessimism caused by the financial market turmoil and unresolved issues in Europe, especially in connection with the Brexit debate, has increasingly carried over to Germany's small and medium-sized enterprises. The ...
Frankfurt am Main (ots) - - Protective measures implemented by 85% of companies - More is needed: only one in two firms believe they have sufficient protection in place - One third of SMEs reporting security incidents Modern technologies and digital networking afford SMEs a broad range of development prospects while ...
Frankfurt am Main (ots) - - Commitments up by 6.0% to EUR 50.5 billion - Increase in international financing to EUR 27.9 billion (+9.7%) - High demand for climate and environmental financing amounting to EUR 29.5 billion (+11.0%) - Refugee accommodation promoted with EUR 1.5 billion - Commitment in the venture capital sector newly structured and expanded KfW Group ...
Frankfurt am Main (ots) - - Immigrants create more businesses and more jobs than average - Immigrants' decision to become self-employed more strongly determined by labour market The proportion of immigrants engaging in start-up activity has been relatively stable for years. One out of every five business founders is a non-German citizen or has acquired German ...
Frankfurt am Main (ots) - - Funding of EUR 70-75 billion planned for 2016 - "Green Bonds - Made by KfW" - sustainability rating of banks to be taken into account for the award of mandates - European cooperation in the securitisation of SME loans In the upcoming year, KfW plans to raise long-term funding in an amount of EUR 70-75 billion in international capital ...
Frankfurt am Main (ots) - - Financial services more accessible thanks to EUR 200 million for loans to MSMEs based in urban and rural areas - Significant employment effects expected - Agricultural production on the rise in Morocco On behalf of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), KfW ...
Frankfurt am Main (ots) - - Every tenth euro invested in Eastern Germany since 1990 came from KfW - Focus on the promotion of companies and start-ups alongside housing refurbishment and environmental investments The political process that started in the "autumn of change" in 1989 culminated 25 years ago, on 3 ...
Frankfurt am Main (ots) - - Aggregate indicator still at high level from previous year - Environment as an increasingly dynamic dimension - progress with respect to climate protection and energy efficiency - Still substantial potential in investment, innovation and education - Germany on track for UN Sustainable ...
Frankfurt am Main (ots) - - A sigh of relief after tensions abate in arguments over reforms with Greece - Considerable improvement in business assessments, while expectations increase slightly - Sentiment picks up among large enterprises German SMEs breathe once again! The sense of nervousness felt by German SMEs at the beginning of the summer in view of the Grexit risk has subsided thanks to the agreement reached between ...
Frankfurt am Main (ots) - - Every fifth SME headed by a woman: 700,000 companies in total - Represented mainly in the services sector - Proportion of female managing directors expected to increase The economic significance of women-led SMEs is substantial - but female bosses continue to be underrepresented in German ...
Frankfurt am Main (ots) - - Close to 60% of SMEs expect recruiting problems - but this figure is less than in 2010 - Differences in industries: construction and manufacturing industry faced with more difficulties than service providers - Demographic change is already casting shadows: lack of qualified applicants is the main problem Small and medium-sized enterprises ...
Frankfurt am Main (ots) - - Digital platform launched for up to a million young people between the ages of 10 and 24 - Contribution to reducing HIV infection rates - Points system provides incentive for young target group to change their behaviour KfW is providing grants with a total volume of EUR 2 million to support the South African non-governmental organisation ...
Frankfurt am Main (ots) - - Significant contribution to protecting the climate by reducing CO2 emissions - Promoting South Africa's competitiveness - Up to 15.000 jobs created KfW Development Bank has closed a promotional loan for EUR 200 million (about 2.8bn Rand) with South Africa's state-run logistics company ...
Frankfurt am Main (ots) - - Investment backlog increases to EUR 132 billion - 69% of all municipalities are pessimistic about the future; few expect a turnaround (7%) - Importance of loans to finance investments declines, increase in the use of own funds The local authority experts from German cities, municipalities and districts have estimated the investment backlog ...
Frankfurt am Main (ots) - - Total of 915,000 start-ups in 2014 - Importance of freelance sectors growing - No impetus from the economy or labour market for start-up activity in 2015 In 2014, the number of business start-ups in Germany was still rising. According to the 2015 KfW Start-up Monitor, around 915,000 ...
Frankfurt am Main (ots) - - Total commitment volume of EUR 17.4 billion (+26%) - International financing doubles to EUR 7.6 billion - Domestic promotion stable at high level, in spite of difficult overall conditions - Consolidated profit of EUR 417 million - Total assets roughly EUR 530 billion KfW Group reached a total commitment volume in Q1 2015 of EUR 17.4 billion (+26%) (prior-year period: EUR 13.9 billion). The ...
Frankfurt/Main (ots) - - Increased total commitment volume of EUR 74.1 billion - Consolidated profit increased to EUR 1.5 billion - Total assets risen to EUR 489.1 billion - Tier 1 capital ratio pursuant to Basel III: 14.1% In spite of the challenging market environment, KfW Group in 2014 registered high demand for its financial products, as had also been the case in previous years. The volume of new promotional ...
Frankfurt am Main (ots) - - KfW is continuing its advisory programme in 2015 - Founders and young entrepreneurs receive a grant for professional advisory services KfW will be offering its self-funded "Start-Up Coaching in Germany" advisory programme from 1 May 2015. In so doing, the promotional bank is safeguarding the promotion of advisory services for start-ups once the programme funded by the European Social Fund (ESF) ...
Frankfurt am Main (ots) - - German SMEs are falling victim to demographics - One third of SME owners is older than 55 - Older entrepreneurs make far fewer investments - This erodes company assets and curbs growth Demographic change is having a major impact on German SMEs. The owners of 1.3 million small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) - around one third of all SMEs in Germany - are aged 55 or above. As a current ...
Frankfurt/Main (ots) - - Housing construction investment rises by 2.5% in 2015 after a 3.7% increase in the previous year - High migration, low interest and rising income levels ensure exceptional boom - Rising real estate prices increase private assets Housing construction in Germany continues to boom. Investment in new housing construction and existing housing rose ...
Frankfurt/Main (ots) - - German Private Equity Barometer reaches three-year high - Early- and late-stage financiers optimistic for 2015 - Fundraising climate better than ever After a brief lull in the third quarter, the business climate index of the German Private Equity Barometer once more gathered pace in the fourth quarter of 2014, rising by 9.6 points to 57.4 balance points. Thus, the sentiment among German private ...
Frankfurt/M. (ots) - - KfW's stronger involvement in Europe continues - Long-term investment loans for Polish SMEs KfW has concluded a global loan agreement in the amount of EUR 100 million with the State Development Bank of Poland - Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego (BGK). The loan has a term of approximately 10 years. ...
Frankfurt am Main (ots) - - Domestic promotional business an effective stimulus totalling EUR 47.6 billion, despite challenging conditions - International finance rises to EUR 25.5 billion - KfW global leader in the field of climate and environmental finance (EUR 26.6 billion) - Contribution of EUR 8 billion to the "Juncker plan" reflects growing importance within ...
Frankfurt am Main (ots) - - Funding volume remains stable at EUR 55-60 billion in 2015 - Issuance in foreign currencies to rise - Extension of 'Green Bonds - Made by KfW' to other markets - KfW plans to build up own Green Bond portfolio - Continuation of SME financing via capital markets KfW plans to fund EUR 55-60 billion in international capital markets in the coming year. Given the persistent low interest rate ...
Frankfurt am Main (ots) - - KfW allocates EUR 85.2 million towards expanding the electricity transmission grids between Armenia and Georgia - Improving the electricity supply: green light for the Caucasus Energy Alliance On behalf of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), KfW Development Bank today concluded two loan agreements for EUR 85.2 million with the High Voltage Electricity Network ...
Frankfurt am Main (ots) - - Germany: KfW Research cuts growth forecast for 2015 by half to 0.8%; 2014 expectations also lowered once again to 1.4% - Eurozone: economic output grows only 1.0% in 2015; 2014 forecast is 0.7% The German economy is set to grow far slower in the next year than previously anticipated: KfW ...