• Total assets up 26.3 % to EUR 30.6 billion
• Customer base in 11 countries now exceeds the million mark
• Market entry in Bulgaria and Hungary
• Capital increase: proceeds of EUR 250 million for further expansion
• Broader investor base: private investor group Berlin & Co Capital S.à.r.l. acquires 4.76 % interest
  
  

Banking

• Retail banking: increases in lending volumes, savings deposits, securities and investment funds, and cards business
• Hypo South Eastern European Opportunities Fonds: quoted price up by more than 50 %
• Private banking & fund management: strong growth in all markets
• Corporate & international: central communications, coordination and information clearing house for Group’s corporate customers
• Group Treasury restructured
• Capital markets: highest issue volumes in Group’s history
  

Leasing

• Record results: new financing volumes of EUR 1.9 billion
• Leasing profits: 38.3 % of Group’s profits
• Austrian market leader in aircraft leasing
• Munich branch as competence centre for leasing financing of renewable energy plant and equipment
•  Uncontested market leader in Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia
• 62 locations, 735 employees and over 70,000 customers