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from classic on-balance sheet products towards high valueadded<br />
financial market instruments and advisory services continued.<br />
We also encouraged this modernisation process in our<br />
own interest. Moreover, we reviewed our loan portfolio and<br />
reduced risk-weighted assets on a selective basis through<br />
<strong>pl</strong>acements in the secondary market, i.e. with no impact on<br />
customer relationships. The effect is reflected in business volume.<br />
For exam<strong>pl</strong>e, for the first time, BA-CA Leasing sold contracts<br />
totalling € 425 m from its Austrian motor-vehicles and<br />
equipment leasing business by way of an asset-backed securitisation<br />
transaction. Overall, risk-weighted assets (RWA) in this<br />
business segment, including Active Credit Portfolio Management,<br />
declined by 5.7 % or € 1.2 bn; the reduction of RWA at<br />
BA-CA AG amounted to 13 % or € 2.1 bn.<br />
The income statement of the Large Corporates and Real<br />
Estate business segment shows only minor changes in operating<br />
components compared with the previous year. However,<br />
the figures reflect a strong performance of individual business<br />
areas, mainly those generating high commission and fee<br />
income. At € 627 m, operating revenues in 2005 matched<br />
the previous year’s level. Net interest income (€ 483 m) was<br />
slightly lower than in 2004 (–1%). Investment loans, accounting<br />
for 57 % of lending volume, increased mainly in the commercial<br />
real estate sector, while demand for working capital<br />
credits was weak. On the assets side, margins declined slightly,<br />
with stronger pressure being seen in the areas of export<br />
finance and public sector finance. On the liabilities side, time<br />
deposits rose strongly, reflecting high levels of liquidity in the<br />
business sector; sight deposits showed a weaker trend. The<br />
provisioning charge in the Large Corporates and Real Estate<br />
segment remained unchanged at € 35 m, absorbing 7.3 % of<br />
net interest income.<br />
Strong growth was achieved in net fee and commission<br />
income, which reached € 132 m. Contributions to the 11%<br />
increase came especially from financial derivatives, which<br />
many companies use for risk management purposes. BA-CA<br />
Leasing also further improved its net fee and commission<br />
income. Income from securities business exceeded the previous<br />
year’s level by almost 20 %. BA-CA Real Invest, the market<br />
leader among open-ended real estate funds, a relatively<br />
new market in Austria, <strong>pl</strong>aced a total of € 466 m and recorded<br />
significantly higher commission income.<br />
General administrative expenses remained constant at<br />
€ 292 m; adjusted for UniCredit-related special expenses, the<br />
figure was 2 % lower than in the previous year. The<br />
cost/income ratio for the business segment was 46.5 % (after<br />
46.4 %). Operating profit (€ 300 m) almost matched the previous<br />
year’s level. Gains on the sale of Investkredit shares (€ 120 m)<br />
were the main factor boosting net income before taxes by<br />
64 % to € 430 m. Net income (€ 315 m) for 2005 was 60 %<br />
higher than in 2004; adjusted for one-off effects, the increase<br />
was 15 %. Equity allocated to the Large Corporates and Real<br />
Estate segment was 20 % of the total figure for the bank, and<br />
the segment accounted for 29 % of the bank’s profits. The<br />
(adjusted) ROE after taxes was 17.5 % (2004: 13.0 %).<br />
The product lines in business with international corporates<br />
benefited strongly as integration between Austria and CEE<br />
countries continued to make progress in 2005. The bank further<br />
expanded its leading market position. In the meantime, all<br />
CEE banking subsidiaries have set up local Trade Finance<br />
units. In 2005, CEE-based exporters increasingly opened up<br />
international markets including Russia and Ukraine. The<br />
Export and Investment Promotion Finance department<br />
achieved further increases in business volume and market<br />
share (both in OeKB and ERP financing).<br />
In the area of real estate financing, BA-CA holds leading<br />
positions in Austria and CEE. The volume of loan commitments<br />
to international customers in CEE more than doubled<br />
compared with the previous year, and income almost tri<strong>pl</strong>ed.<br />
The real estate financing portfolio in Austria totalled € 8.8 bn,<br />
compared with € 3.7 bn in CEE. New business of the BA-CA<br />
Leasing Group totalled € 2.4 bn, of which more than twothirds<br />
came from CEE countries.<br />
In the area of arrangement mandates for syndicated loans in<br />
CEE (incl. Russia and CIS), BA-CA/UniCredit Group ranked<br />
sixth by volume and first by number of mandated transactions;<br />
these rankings reflect an improvement of 190 % over the previous<br />
year. In business with Public Sector customers, BA-CA<br />
lead-managed the first bond issue of Wien Holding GmbH and<br />
carried out very successful <strong>pl</strong>acements for major money-market<br />
investment funds. “FinanzCheck” was launched as an<br />
advisory product for municipalities. Public sector customers<br />
increasingly use the public private partnership expertise which<br />
we have gained in and outside Austria as an alternative to<br />
standard solutions.<br />
CA IB achieved its best result ever in 2005, with transaction<br />
volume exceeding € 10 bn. In its Austrian equity capital markets<br />
business, CA IB executed a sizable number of transactions.<br />
In Corporate Finance Advisory, CA IB worked on over<br />
100 projects in 15 countries, including the € 4 bn acquisition<br />
of Ukraine’s largest steel producer Krivorizhstal by Mittal Steel.<br />
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