OeKB delivers central infrastructural and financial services to the Austrian market. Internationally we are a highly rated issuer of bonds. Our services benefit exporters, investors in projects abroad, financial service providers, capital market participants and the Austrian government.
Services for Exports and Foreign Investment
Insurance and financing for exporters and outward foreign investors
Export guarantees via Austria's export credit agency (ECA)
The Austrian government guarantees, delivered by OeKB, minimise the political and commercial risks of export transactions. Companies investing in other countries thus gain protection against losses caused by political or other factors
Funding for international activities on favourable terms
Guarantees and avals (third-party guarantees of payment on bills of exchange) are the key to OeKB's Export Financing Scheme. With these, OeKB backs the lending of its customers' own banks, which facilitate exports and investment abroad through attractively priced credit.
OeKB a well-rated issuer in international bond market
Thanks to Aaa/AA+ ratings and decades of market presence, OeKB's bond issues are very much in demand with investors. The capital raised is used to fund the OeKB export credits extended by customers' own banks.
Services for the Capital Market and Energy Market
Providing central infrastructure for the Austrian capital market
Securities clearing and settlement at CSD.Austria
OeKB is Austria's central securities depository (CSD). It provides centralised custody and administration for nearly all Austrian securities. Also, the CSD is closely interlinked with the CSDs of other countries.
Information products and general services for Austrian securities
OeKB manages central data pools on Austrian securities, generates analytical data and is the national agency for assigning International Securities Identification Numbers (ISIN). It also acts as the notification office for the purposes of the Capital Markets Act and is responsible for the organisation and running of the automated auction system for government bond issues.
As well, OeKB offers information services for domestic and foreign equity, bond and fund data and supplies virtually all major market participants with financial data and analytical metrics of the highest quality.
Energy market services
Also participants on the Austrian energy market benefit from OeKB's know-how. On behalf of the Balance Group Coordinators (APCS/AGCS), the Settlement Center for Green Electricity (OeMAG) and the Energy Exchange (EXAA), OeKB is responsible for credit analysis, financial clearing and risk management. For Austrian companies OeKB Group offers an outsourcing solution for trading CO2 allowances.
Information Services
Oesterreichische Kontrollbank supplies decision-makers with high-quality information services. The portfolio has it all: from made-to-measure research, analysis and company, industry and macroeconomic reports, to press clippings, to leading indicators on business conditions and opportunities in Central and Eastern Europe.