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Sustainable investment products
Raiffeisen Bausparkasse Gesellschaft m.b.H.
Building societies support the economic cycle through savings and financing, thereby enabling the construction
of residential projects that also benefit the coming generations. The core co-operative principle of Raiffeisen is
expressed very clearly here: One group saves for the financing of residential construction, renovation, care and
education for others who currently need this financing. The savers profit from the secure investment of their assets
as well as the government incentives and can also be certain that their capital is being invested in useful, sustainable
projects.
Christian Vallant, Managing Director of Raiffeisen Bausparkasse, and Christian Moser,
Managing Director of SOS Children’s Villages, © RBSK
Raiffeisen Bank International | Sustainability Report 2018
The Bauspartage organized by Raiffeisen
Bausparkasse Gesellschaft m.b.H. were all for a
good cause in 2018: For every building savings
agreement concluded during the promotional
period from October 1-25, 2018, Raiffeisen
Bausparkasse Gesellschaft m.b.H. supported the
SOS Children’s Villages in Austria. This funded
the purchase of new sporting equipment, leisure
goods and a playhouse for the children at the SOS
Children’s Villages.
Raiffeisen Kapitalanlage-Gesellschaft m.b.H. (Raiffeisen KAG)
Sustainable investing of customer deposits at RBI AG is in large part effected via Raiffeisen KAG, who offers
securities and real estate investment funds as well as investment management products to institutional and private
customers both in Austria and abroad. The focus is on Austria as well as in Italy, Germany and – with substantial
growth – the network banks in Central and Eastern Europe. With a managed fund volume of € 30.2 billion and a
market share of 18.4 percent (according to OeKB statistics, narrow definition), Raiffeisen KAG is one of Austria’s
leading asset management companies.
The Raiffeisen Capital Management (RCM) umbrella brand unites Raiffeisen KAG, Raiffeisen Salzburg Invest
(RSI), and Raiffeisen Immobilien KAG. The total volume managed in security funds, including advisories
(mandates to third parties) and RSI, amounted to € 33.4 billion at the end of 2018, with Raiffeisen Immobilien
KAG managing an additional € 501 million.
In the early 1990s, Raiffeisen KAG launched the Raiffeisen environmental
fund, an international equity fund; however, it failed to attract the
corresponding demand at the time. The first milestone came in 2002 with
the launch of the first investment fund explicitly based on ethical/sustainable
criteria, “Raiffeisen-Ethik-Aktien” (now “Nachhaltigkeitsfonds-Aktien”). Subsequently, the offer of such funds
was progressively expanded and built into a consistent product range (see the table on page 68). This product
portfolio includes retail investment funds as well as mandates (special funds) that explicitly give significant
consideration to the ESG criteria (“environmental, social, and governance”).