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Derya Guzel
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Erste Group 1Q 2019: Interest Rate Hikes and Lending Growth Drive 1Q Results

Erste Group reported first-quarter results of EUR 377 million compared with EUR 336 million in the same period last year, driven by improved interest rates as well as lending growth in most of its core markets. The beneficial operating environment, supported by real wage growth and low unemployment, is expected to continue in 2019, keeping credit costs at a benign level while improved interest rates and loan growth support income generation going forward. We maintain our fair value estimate of E...
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Erste Group Bank AG

Erste Group is a financial services provider based in Austria. As of Dec 31 2015, Co.'s total assets amounted to Euro199,743 million and the number of customers was approximately 16.5 million. Co.'s key business is the retail business, covering the entire spectrum from lending, deposit and investment products to current accounts and credit cards. In addition to providing financial services to private individuals, Co.'s core activities also include advisory services and support for corporate clients in financing, investment and access to international capital markets, public sector funding and interbank market operations.

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Morningstar
Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.

We have operations in 27 countries.

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Derya Guzel

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