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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 />

Management Report of the Group 35

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