Frankfurt (ots) - - First Listing of a RMB bond issued by KfW on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange - KfW supports the efforts to establish Frankfurt as a financial center for RMB transactions in Europe Today KfW issues its first bond in Chinese Renminbi (RMB) being listed on the regulated market of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. The bond with a volume of RMB 1 billion ...
Frankfurt (ots) - - Total commitment volume of EUR 72.5 billion - Consolidated profit of EUR 1.3 billion - NPV accounting of interest rate reductions implemented - Significant reduction in total assets to EUR 464.8 billion - Tier 1 capital ratio pursuant to Basel III: 17.1% In 2013, the KfW Group recorded high demand for its financial products (as in previous years) and approved funding at a total volume of EUR 72.5 ...
Frankfurt (ots) - - KfW IPEX-Bank: Klaus R. Michalak appointed as CEO - KfW IPEX-Bank: Andreas Ufer becomes Managing Director - DEG: Christine Laibach appointed as Member of the Management Board - DEG: Dr Michael Bornmann to retire from the Management Board The supervisory boards of the KfW subsidiaries DEG - Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH and KfW IPEX-Bank GmbH have made some key personnel ...
Frankfurt (ots) - - Drop in banks' new business with enterprises and self-employed professionals has slowed down - Corporate investments have seen a slight increase again for the first time in five quarters; KfW is expecting a 5% increase for 2014 - New lending business is expected to grow in the second half of 2014 Corporate investment activity in Germany is finally ...
Frankfurt (ots) - Tomorrow, 1 April 2014, Dr Ingrid Hengster will take up her post as Member of the KfW Group's Executive Board, where she will be responsible for domestic promotional business. Dr Hengster was appointed a Member of the Executive Board on 4 July 2013 by resolution of the Board of Supervisory Directors. Prior to starting with the KfW Group, Dr Hengster ...
Frankfurt (ots) - - 93,000 more business start-ups in 2013 - More entrepreneurs choosing self-employment on a part-time basis - Full-time start-up activity still remains low due to the positive situation on the job market Following two consecutive slumps, start-up activity in Germany is back on the rise. 2013 saw some 868,000 people turn to self-employment, corresponding to around 12% or 93,000 business start-ups more ...
Frankfurt (ots) - - 38% of promotional activities for climate and environmental protection - Municipal infrastructure financing grows by 22% - Financing from Mittelstandsbank at a high level: EUR 22.6 billion - International financing grows to EUR 20.5 billion - Digitalisation of the promotional business is progressing further In 2013 the KfW Group recorded high demand ...
Frankfurt (ots) - - USD 60 million promotional loan awarded to PTA Bank - Important contribution to achieving sustainable economic growth and promoting employment in COMESA member states KfW Development Bank has signed a USD 60 million promotional loan with the Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank (PTA Bank). The Bank is providing companies in the ...
Frankfurt (ots) - - KfW is providing EUR 20 million for tiger conservation - Improving management of protected areas in tiger habitats - Local community benefits from inclusion On behalf of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), KfW Development Bank has provided a EUR 20 million subsidy to improve management of protected areas in tiger habitats and to conserve tiger populations with the ...
Frankfurt am Main (ots) - - Hermes-covered loan of EUR 194 million provided in equal shares by KfW IPEX-Bank and NordLB - German exports: three highly efficient power islands from Siemens AG - Investment totalling approx. EUR 1 billion KfW IPEX-Bank together with NordLB is providing South Korean company Posco Energy with a loan of EUR 194 million to expand a combined ...
Frankfurt Am Main, Germany (ots/PRNewswire) - Food ingredients Europe proved once again it's the world's leading food industry event. In Frankfurt from the 19-21 November the doors welcomed close to 25,000 attendees. And an outstanding 80% of visitors confirmed that they control the purse strings of some the world's ...
Frankfurt (ots) - - Cross-reference: Document with "PRI Unterzeichner Deutschland - Stand November 2013" is available at http://www.presseportal.de/dokumente - - Number of German investors observing sustainability criteria is growing steadily - Results of PRI "Fixed Income" working group: importance of ESG criteria in risk analyses of government and corporate bonds At ...
Frankfurt (ots) - - KfW predicts GDP growth of 0.6% this year and 2.0% in 2014 - Corporate investment set to rise in 2014 for the first time in three years - Economic risks lie primarily in Europe The German economy is in recovery mode. After a meagre 0.6% (price and calendar-adjusted) growth in GDP this year, it looks set in 2014 to rise by more than the long-term average for the first time in three years. "Germany is ...
Frankfurt Am Main, Germany (ots/PRNewswire) - Roquette's innovative new Microalgae High Lipid Algal Flour has been recognised as the most innovative food ingredient of 2013. Successfully reducing fat and replacing eggs while providing sustainability, health, functionality and cost benefits to producers and consumers ...
Frankfurt (ots) - - Results are good: around 80% of projects were rated satisfactory or above - Financial Cooperation with fragile countries accounted for a significant part of this success despite the greater risk exposure KfW has published the 12th biannual evaluation report on Financial Cooperation (FC) with emerging and developing countries entitled "Fragile ...
Frankfurt (ots) - - The Law Concerning KfW came into force on 18 November 1948 - A reliable partner of the economy - Loans totalling EUR 1.3 trillion handed out since foundation Sixty-five years ago, in November 1948, the economic council of West Germany enacted a law founding KfW, thus creating the basis for sustainable and successful business promotion in Germany. Shortly thereafter, the promotional bank founded when this law came into force on 18 November 1948, began ...
Frankfurt (ots) - - USD 300 million for micro and small enterprises - Important contribution to more employment, economic growth and the reduction of poverty - USD 40 million for environmentally-friendly municipal infrastructure projects KfW Development Bank has signed a USD 340 million agreement with the Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI) on behalf of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development ...
Frankfurt (ots) - - KfW-financed model programme winner of a UNFCCC award - USD 230 million for energy-efficient housing construction in Mexico - Based on the German KfW promotional programmes for energy-efficient construction The secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has announced today that it has given an award to a programme co-financed by KfW for sustainable housing construction in Mexico (EcoCasa). Around USD 230 million has ...
Frankfurt, Germany (ots/PRNewswire) - API Corporation, E-Pharma Trento and Camurus- the 2013 winners The CPhI Pharma Awards 2013 winners were announced live at the awards ceremony- day one at CPhI Worldwide [http://www.cphi.com ]. Honouring outstanding developments from some key industry players, the awards highlighted ever-advancing market innovations, fundamental to driving growth throughout global pharma. (Logo: ...
Frankfurt, Germany (ots/PRNewswire) - CPhI expert industry panel members highlight future implications for pharma in final part of CPhI industry report Industry to encounter drug shortages and threat of adulterated products, with pharma shifting focus to orphan drug development, low cost products and continuous processing Report's expert highlights Girish Malhotra, ...
Frankfurt, Germany (ots/PRNewswire) - CPhI Expert Industry Panel Members Comment on Future Contingencies for Pharma in Part II of CPhI Industry Report Pharma to change business model to include increased academic partnerships, CMO development work, more niched products, industry-wide QbD and regulation of suppliers Report's expert highlights Sam Venugopal, Director, ...
Frankfurt (ots) - - Aims to develop and launch new medicines in developing countries - KfW investing EUR 10 million - Achieving reductions in maternal and child mortality by combatting TB, malaria, AIDS and diarrhoea attractive for private investors On behalf of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and ...
Frankfurt, Germany (ots/PRNewswire) - Frankfurt IAA hosts Germany's first Supercharger Tesla Motors [http://www.teslamotors.com ] presents its award winning Model S and revolutionary Supercharger at this year's Internationale Automobil-Ausstellung (IAA) in Frankfurt. Having begun the first European deliveries of ...
Frankfurt am Main (ots) - - German top-end technology reduces pollution in India - Export finance worth up to EUR 170 million for deliveries from medium-sized exporters from Germany and Europe With a long-term loan of up to EUR 170 million KfW IPEX-Bank is financing German and European exports to the Indian steel manufacturer Bhushan Power & Steel Ltd. (BPSL) for the ...
Frankfurt (ots) - - EUR 1 billion more for SME financing - Increase in municipal infrastructure finance of EUR 1.2 billion - 39% of promotional activity relates to environmental and climate protection - Consolidated profit of EUR 498 million plus EUR 311 million to substitute public promotional financings - Profit trend corresponds to expected decline - Tier 1 ratio under Basel III: 16.7% The KfW Group generated a total ...
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München/Frankfurt am Main (ots) - - Cross-reference: Further Information is available and can be downloaded free of charge at: http://www.presseportal.de/dokumente BVZL International, the Germany-based association for international secondary life insurance markets, will host the One-day-Symposium "Secondary Markets for Life Insurance" on September 23rd, 2013. The ...
Frankfurt (ots) - - Cross reference: Picture is available at http://www.presseportal.de/galerie.htx?type=obs - The Star Alliance Navigator app for the iPad has received the prestigious Red Dot at the Red Dot Award: Communication Design 2013 competition, one of the largest and most acclaimed international design contests. The judges based their decision on the fact that the Navigator app for the iPad sets a new industry ...
Frankfurt (ots) - - Signed memorandum of understanding on cooperation in environmental finance - Cooperation between two partner banks of the International Development Finance Club (IDFC) Today KfW and the Russian state corporation Bank for Development and Foreign Economic Affairs (Vnesheconombank, VEB) signed a ...
Frankfurt (ots) - Today Franco Bassanini, Chairman, and Giovanni Gorno Tempini, Chief Executive Officer at Italy's Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP), and Dr Ulrich Schröder, Chief Executive Officer of the KfW Group, met in Berlin in the context of an enhanced dialogue. The working meeting aimed to intensify the ...