November 23, 2009
On November 23rd, RIAG’ Financial Sponsors team organised a half-day Private Equity event focused on Central Europe in Vienna. The event was targeted at leading European and regional Private Equity Funds as well as corporations active in the region of Central Europe. From the Raiffeisen Group, senior bankers from RZB, RCB and Raiffeisen Investment attended the event.
1. September 2009
Investment funds advised by BC Partners ("BC Partners") have entered into a shareholders' agreement to acquire a 40 percent stake in Synlab, a medical laboratory company based in Augsburg, Germany, and to take over FutureLAB which is based in Vienna, Austria. Both companies offer analysis, consulting and other services for human and veterinary medicine as well as for environmental applications in a large number of countries. The parties have agreed not to disclose the purchase price. The transactions are subject to approval by the relevant competition authorities.
3. July 2009
Raiffeisen Investment confirms its position as leading advisory house in the Emerging Europe Energy market as well as in the Turkish M&A environment. Statkraft A.S., the largest Norwegian power company, and Global Yatirim Holding, a publicly quoted Turkish holding company have closed a transaction pursuant to which Global sells 95% of its shares in its wholly owned subsidiary Yesil Enerji A.S. which holds controlling interests in seven hydroelectric plants throughout Turkey with a combined generation capacity of 633 MW, to Statkraft.
11 February 2009
EMEA Finance awards Raiffeisen Investment AG "Best M&A House in CEE 2008" and "Best M&A Deal in CEE 2008" for the transaction Groupama - Asiban.
30 Sept 2008
Raiffeisen Investment advised the Turkish government on the privatisation of several companies in the Energy sector. The first two transactions closed were the sales of BEDAŞ and SEDAŞ.
17 Sept 2008
Raiffeisen Investment has been awarded M&A Advisor of the Year 2008 in Austria. This prestigious prize was awarded to Raiffeisen Investment by ACQ Finance Magazine.
30 Sept 2008
On 30th September 2008, Raiffeisen Investment and Lazard hosted their 2nd Private Equity event in Vienna. Despite the current market turmoil, more than 60 guests from leading global private equity funds with interest in the CEE region accepted our invitation and attended the dinner. The venue of the event was Wolke 21 in the Saturn Tower, which provided a perfect ambience for this evening with a breathtaking view of Vienna.
1 Aug 2008
Raiffeisen Investment advised Heineken on the acquisition of the majority of the share capital of Belarus based brewing company Rechitsapivo
26 June 2008
Raiffeisen Investment has been awarded for the Deal of the Year 2008 Bulgaria (“M&A”) by The Banker, a Financial Times publication. The awarded transaction is the acquisition of Bulgarian Telecom by AIG.
24 June 2008
The Vienna Stock Exchange kicks off the consolidation in the SEE stock exchange landscape by acquiring 81% in the Ljubljana Stock Exchange.
19 May 2008
Raiffeisen Investment / Lazard advised SSL International Plc on the acquisition of a 15.5% stake in Beleggingsmaatschappij Lemore BV(BLBV).
10 April 2008
Raiffeisen Investment advised the private French insurer Groupama S.A. on the acquisition of the Romanian insurance company Asiban S.A.
12 February 2008
The Private Equity Fund Advent International acquires the Romanian Top 5 Phama Producer Labormed Pharma.
28 January 2008
Raiffeisen Investment advised the shareholders of Proton Technologies SA, one of the largest GSM retailers in the Romania on the sale of a majority stake to Vodafone.
22 Jan 2008
Raiffeisen Investment advised Yamaha
Raiffeisen Investment advised the Japanese conglomerate Yamaha Corporation on the acquisition of the Austrian manufacturer of pianos L. Boesendorfer Klavierfabrik GmbH.
2 Jan 2008
Raiffeisen Investment has been awarded Central Europe M&A advisor of the year by Acquisitions Monthly, a Thomson Financial publication.
28 Dec 2007
Raiffeisen Investment advised Heineken on the acquisition of 96% of the shares in Belarus based Syabar Brewing Company
Raiffeisen Investment advised Heineken CEE, with its headquarters in Austria, on the acquisition of 96% of the shares in the Belarusian brewery Syabar Brewing Company.
22 December 2007
Raiffeisen Investment advised the private French insurer Groupama S.A. on the acquisition of the Romanian insurance company BT Asigurari.
11 and 12 Oct 2007
Raiffeisen Investment, Lazard and Raiffeisen Zentralbank have organised their first joint Private Equity Day in Vienna on 11 and 12 October, 2007.
26 Sept 2007
Raiffeisen Investment advised the Austrian Central Bank OeNB on the disposal of 85% of the shares of AUSTRIA CARD-Plastikkarten und Ausweissysteme GmbH
20 Sept 2007
Raiffeisen Investment advised Raiffeisen Bausparkasse GmbH on the acquisition of 100% of the shares in Hypo Stavebni Sporitelna A.S
16 Aug 2007
Raiffeisen Investment, advised the Czech Republic’s beverage market leader Karlovarské minerálni vody a.s. (Carlsbad Mineral Water) on the acquisition of a 25.1% stake in the Austrian mineral water bottler Waldquelle Kobersdorf G.m.b.H. based in the eastern Austrian state of Burgenland.
05 July 2007
Raiffeisen Investment’s sell side advisory to Turkey’s Privatisation Administration for the sale of Turkey’s largest and only integrated petrochemicals company, PETKIM resulted in a USD 2.0 bn transaction.
19 Jun 2007
Raiffeisen Investment and Lazard announce Joint Cooperation Agreement in Russia and Central/Eastern European Region.
This was shown via webcast and be accessed via the following link: http://www.raiffeisen-investment.tv
01 Jun 2007
Raiffeisen Investment was awarded the advisory mandate by the State Privatisation and Holding Company of Hungary to sell the partially state-owned Hungarian mortgage bank FHB Jelzalogbank Nyrt, in the face of strong competition from both local and international firms.
04 May 2007
Our business is growing and so is the number of our staff. We are therefore pleased to announce that Raiffeisen Investment AG's Vienna office has moved to:
Krugerstrasse 13
1015 Vienna
Tel: +43-1-710 54 00 0
Fax: +43-1-710 54 00 169
19 Jan 2007
Telekom Srbija gets a 65%-share of Telekom Srpske – Signing ceremony in Banja Luka – Transaction volume EUR 646 mil. – Promise to invest EUR 50 mil. – Already the fourth successful consultancy assignment for Raiffeisen Investment in the Southeast European Telecommunications market Southeast Europe.
30 Nov 2006
Raiffeisen Investment and Raiffeisen Research have finalised a ground breaking and unique macro-economic study on the development of the region up to 2020. This study is intended to qualify and quantify the growth potential in CE and SE in order to provide potential investors in the region with an insight into the region with an insight into the macro economic trends in the region.
20 Oct 2006
The most successful and largest project of the Consumer Goods Team in Vienna in 2006 was the majority sale of the Bulgarian market leader K&K Electronics, an electronics wholesaler and retailer operating in Bulgaria, Macedonia and Serbia.
31 Aug 2006
In August, ANZAG, one of the leading German wholesalers, successfully completed their acquisition of 60% in Farmexpert in Romania.
08 Aug 2006
In August 2006, Raiffeisen Investment Romania advised the shareholders of the third largest Romanian outdoor media player, Efect media, to partially divest their shareholdings. The acquirer was Multireklam, the Hungarian market leader.
28 April 2006
In April 2006, Raiffeisen International Bank-Holding AG closed the acquisition of 100 per cent of the shares of Russian Impexbank.
24 Apr 2006
In April 2006 UNIQA signed an agreement for the acquisition of 80% shares in Zepter osiguranje a.d., leading Serbian insurance company, number four on the market.
01 Mar 2006
Raiffeisen Investment and Merrill Lynch hired to carry out privatisation of Serbia's national oil company.
27 Feb 2006
The largest steel privatization worldwide in 2005.
Raiffeisen Investment advised the Privatisation Administration (PA) of the Republic of Turkey on the sale of its 46.12% stake in Turkey's largest steelmaker Erdemir.
10 Feb 2006
In 2005/06, Raiffeisen Investment acted as Financial Adviser to a consortium, led by Vienna International Airport, on the acquisition of Bratislava and Košice airports in the Slovak Republic.
21 August 2005
In August 2005, Raiffeisen International Bank-Holding AG closed the acquisition of 93.5 per cent of the shares of Ukrainian Joint Stock Post Pension Bank Aval (Bank Aval).
15 April 2003
Austria Card acquired a strategic 30% stake in the Swedish company All Cards Service Center AB (ACSC). Raiffeisen Investment acted as financial adviser to the Acquirer
