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Susanne Steinböck

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Christoph Thurnberger

Head of Capital Markets and Corporate Office

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Austria's Immofinanz, S Immo abandon long-held plans to merge

Two Austrian listed real estate firms which nearly four years ago announced they would merge activities, and bought each other's equity in preparation, have called (...)

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Austria's CA Immo sells 4m Immofinanz shares for €111m

Austria's CA Immobilien has disposed of just over 4m shares in Austrian peer Immofinanz, around 4.0% of the latter's equity, worth an aggregate value (...)

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Pecik, Ketterer buy 10% in Vienna's S IMMO, amid merger talks with Immofinanz

Two Austrian and Swiss investors Ronny Pecik and Norbert Ketterer have acquired a 10% shareholding in S IMMO amid the Vienna firm’s merger talks with peer Immofinanz. S IMMO (...)

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Investment property said increasingly developed by institutions for own account

Investment real estate in Germany is increasingly being developed by institutional investors for their own portfolios, says a study by Vienna-based CA Immo and research firm bulwiengesa. Andreas Schulten, (...)

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Sturdy rental, portfolio rises take Austrian CA Immo 1H net up 15% to €103m

Sturdy rises in rental income and portfolio revaluation took Austrian listed CA Immobilien FFO 2.1%yy higher in first half 2019 to €54.5m, with net (...)

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Austria's Immofinanz finds direction, reversing 2017's net loss, doubling FFO to €85m

Immofinanz, the listed Austrian property group that has been searching for direction for years, finally found it in 2018, reversing 2017's net loss and (...)

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Vienna's CA Immo boosts recurring FFO 11% to €119m, raises div 12.5%

Vienna-based CA Immo reported an 11% rise in 2018 recurring FFO earnings to €118.5m, beating target, and said it plans a 12.5% dividend rise (...)

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KPMG in new property consulting push in Germany with One Real Estate

With its new One Real Estate initiative in Germany, global audit giant KPMG is combining its in-place expertise, specifically in audit, and its wide (...)

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Austria's CA Immo expects record €277m property revaluation for 2018

Austrian listed property group CA Immo said it expects property revaluations to deliver a record €276.5m for last year, the highest in the company's (...)

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Austria's S Immo expects 2018 net significantly above 2017

Austrian listed property group S Immo, the focus of open takeover intentions by larger peer Immofinanz, said it expects consolidated 2018 net income to (...)

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Vienna's CA Immo acquires Warsaw Spire C office for nearly €100m

Vienna listed CA Immobilien has signed to acquire the 21,700 sqm GLA Warsaw Spire C office building next to its already owned Spire B (...)

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Growing investor interest boosts EPRA Berlin conference over 400 participants

The EPRA annual conference in Berlin, which starts today, has attracted over 400 participants, the largest to date, as investors seek personal contact with (...)

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Vienna's S Immo hits record first half FFO at €34m, but net slides

Despite extensive sales in recent years and a cut in rental income in first half 2018, Vienna-based S Immo said it substantially increased FFO1 (...)

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Austrian Immofinanz raises 1H FFO1 74% to €48m but net slides

Vienna listed Immofinanz reported a 74% rise in FFO1 for the first half to €48.4m. Although net profit slid 18% to €86m, it said (...)

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Austria's CA Immo raises 1H FFO 13%yy to €63m; FY to beat 2017

Austrian listed CA Immobilien, now controlled by US opportunity fund Starwood Capital, raised FFO I in the first half by 13%yy to €63.2m and (...)

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US Starwood sells mixed Swedish portfolio to Hemfosa for €351m

US opportunity fund Starwood Capital, extremely active in European real estate of late, has sold a portfolio of mainly logistics assets in Sweden to the (...)

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Austria's Immofinanz confirms sale of CA Immo shares, for €758m

Austrian listed Immofinanz confirmed it is selling its 26% stake in peer CA Immobilien to US-based Starwood Capital Partners, for €757.9m or €29.5 per shr. It will use proceeds (...)

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Austria's CA Immo in €68m Prague office buy, 2nd in 2018 from Skanska

Austria's listed CA Immobilien has acquired the Visionary office building in Czech capital Prague for a gross price of €68m from Sweden-based Skanska which developed the asset. It (...)

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Austria's Immofinanz reported near sale of 26% stake in CA Immo

Austrian listed Immofinanz is on the point of selling its 26% stake in peer CA Immobilien to US private equity firm Starwood Capital Partners, according to Vienna stock (...)

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Vienna's Immofinanz announces reverse 10:1 stock split

Vienna-based listed real estate group Immofinanz has announced a 10:1 reverse stock split, a move formerly approved in the shareholder meeting and reducing outstanding shares to (...)

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US Starwood wins few takers for Austrian CA Immo, Immofinanz offers

US private equity firm Starwood Capital, which Wednesday announced 24.4% acceptances in a Swedish housing group bid, has by contrast won only a fraction of (...)

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TH Real Estate acquires second Italy asset at €100m for European Cities

London-based TH Real Estate has paid around €100m to acquire a second major property in Italy for its European Cities Fund - the 27,000 sqm Via (...)

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Immofinanz's €720m CA stake sale offer caps busy week in Vienna M&A

In a move that caps a busy week in Vienna corporate real estate M&A, Austria's Immofinanz is putting up for sale its 26% stake in listed (...)

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Austrian S Immo CEO says Immofinanz 29% buy is step in right direction

Ernst Vejdovszky, CEO of Austrian S Immo in which a 29.14% stake changed hands on Wednesday, acquired by Vienna listed peer Immofinanz, said he (...)

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Austria’s Immofinanz buys Benko, Pecik's 29% S Immo stake for €20 shr

Austrian listed Immofinanz, on the day that a public offer for 5% of its shares opens from US opportunity fund Starwood Capital, said Wednesday it has (...)

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US Starwood Capital says bids for Austrian CA, Immofinanz will boost growth

US-based Starwood Capital Group said its partial bids for Austrian listed companies CA Immo and Immofinanz, which open for acceptances today, will accelerate their growth by providing a long-term-oriented, (...)

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Benko raises S Immo stake to 29%, boosting Austrian Champion speculation

Austrian property tycoon René Benko nows controls 29.14% in Vienna listed S Immo after his private trust on Monday acquired 7.28% from the Vienna Insurance Group. (...)

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Vienna’s Immofinanz returns to €181m net profit in 2017, excluding Russian operations

Austrian property group Immofinanz last year turned into profit, excluding discontinued operations, with net earnings of €181m reversing a pro-forma €147m loss for 2016. Including these (...)

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Austria's Immofinanz rejects unsolicited US Starwood offer at €2.10 shr

Austria's listed property group Immofinanz has rejected an unsolicited partial offer for a 5% stake made by the US-based Starwood Capital group in parallel to a bid for (...)

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US Starwood Capital launches bid for 26% of Austrian CA, stake in Immofinanz

US private equity firm Starwood Capital Group has launched a bid to acquire 26% in Austrian listed CA Immo and also a stake of up to (...)

Finance

Benko, S Immo said eyeing creation of Austrian Champion, perhaps including Signa

Speculation in Vienna is growing that Signa boss, the sometimes controversial René Benko, will move soon to try to merge the three quoted property firms S Immo, CA Immo and Immofinanz to (...)

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Vienna's CA Immo boosts 2017 FFO by 16%, EPRA NAV 12% to €29.90 shr

Vienna's listed CA Immobilien, one of three Austrian firms presently in focus for possible creation of an 'Austria Champion', reported a 16%yy surge FFO to (...)

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Austrian CRE 'champion' still possible after S Immo ups Immofinanz stake to 12%

An 'Austrian champion' in listed commercial property may still be on the cards despite Immofinanz on Wednesday hinting it will drop plans to merge with CA Immo. (...)

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Austrian Immofinanz: CA Immo merger may not happen, may sell shares

The merger of Austrian listed groups Immofinanz and CA Immobilien, in planning for around two years, may not happen, Immofinanz has announced. Talks will remain suspended and (...)

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Vienna's CA Immo reports 2017 sales of €370m, including Frankfurt's Tower 185

Vienna-based listed CA Immo, the centre of a merger concept developed by senior shareholder and peer Immofinanz, said it signed property sales last year for some €370m (...)

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Austria's Erste sells strategic S Immo stake to shareholder Pecik, supported by Benko

In a last-minute action in 2017, Austria's Erste Group Bank sold its long-held 10% strategic stake in listed Vienna-based S Immo to existing shareholder (...)

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CA Immobilien CEO Nickel to leave, replaced by Andreas Quint

Austria's CA Immobilien has announced that CEO Frank Nickel is leaving and will be replaced by Andreas Quint, head of corporate finance at BNP (...)