Short Portrait
HSH Nordbank – "Bank for entrepreneurs"
As a "Bank for entrepreneurs", HSH Nordbank focuses on the clearly defined target group of owner-managed companies in the upper medium-sized German corporate segment and their owners. For these clients the Bank wants to be the preferred partner in all financial matters - both business-related as well as private. For us this includes corporate clients, as well as ship-owners, real estate clients, projects developers in the areas of energy & infrastructure or private banking clients. Primarily in northern Germany HSH Nordbank focuses on business with corporate clients, real estate clients and clients in upmarket private banking as well as savings banks. Internationally, the focus is on corporate clients in the areas of shipping as well as energy and infrastructure. For this target group the Bank offers a range of products tailor-made to their individual needs. Starting with the loan as the anchor product, the range of products and services covers structured finance, foreign trade finance, payment transactions, hedging products for commodities, currencies or interest rates, M&A advisory services and private banking products for corporate clients. The Restructuring Unit, established as an internal unit, is efficiently winding down the Bank's non-strategic portfolios and business areas separated from the core business, but in a manner that is safeguarding value and minimising risks.
Established on 2 June 2003, HSH Nordbank AG is the result of the merger between Hamburgische Landesbank and Landesbank Schleswig-Holstein. The two head offices of the Bank are located in Kiel and Hamburg. Total assets amounted to EUR 131 billion on
Current Shareholders
Group Key Figures (IFRS)
| 2012 | 2011 | |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets (€ bn) | 131 | 136 |
| Core capital ratio incl. market risks (in %)* | 12.3 | 13.8 |
| Group net income/net loss (€ mn) | -124 | -263 |
| Full-time positions (group) | 3,123 | 3,684 |
Rating
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Maintenance and guarantee obligations from the guarantors – German states of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein – continue to apply to senior and lower Tier II issues.
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Business Areas
- Upper medium-sized corporate clients in North Germany with a focus on long-term Client-relations and profound sector knowledge as well as nationwide sector approach driven by competence (e.g. healthcare, food industry, logistics and service sector) and a long-term perspective
- Strong consulting expertise as well as a comprehensive range of products
- Distinct structuring capabilities
- Acknowledged sector specialist with profound market know-how
- Assistants the clients nationally in German metropolitan regions as well as in important Western European markets
- Residential, office, retail and logistics types of property constitute the focus of financing for commercial real estate clients
- Comprehensive solutions for wealthy private clients
- Combining the personal style of a private bank and the institutional know-how of a wholesale bank
- Trustworthy partner with numerous locations in North Germany
- Comprehensive consulting services for savings banks in their core business segments “private and corporate clients”, treasury/depot-A-management as well as loan portfolio management
- Demand-oriented solutions to savings banks specific challenges
- Partner in syndicate business; expert provider of loan syndicates in the asset classes shipping & transportation as well as a provider of innovative products and services
- Globally leading position in the ship-finance market with more than 75 years of experience in the sector
- Financial services include long-term ship mortgage loans, business financing and structured ship financing.
- Focussing on solutions tailored to specific needs in the main sectors of container vessels, tankers and bulk carriers, but also in the area of special vessels - in particular in the offshore segment.
- Leading provider of wind and solar power project financing in Europe, with more than 20 years of experience
- Financing of railway and transport related infrastructure such as airports and sea ports
- Entrepreneurial approach with comprehensive services
- Efficient and innovative provider of products for all client segments
- Profound know-how in capital-market products, especially involving risk-management solutions focused on interest rates, foreign exchange and commodities
- Funding and liquidity management
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