Helwig-Dieter Ziering

Erste Asset Management GmbH (Erste AM) is the asset management subsidiary of Erste Bank Beteiligungen GmbH, itself a wholly-owned subsidiary of Erste Group Bank AG (VIE: EBS) in Austria. The firm was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Vienna. Erste AM offers a broad spectrum of high-quality investment funds and asset management solutions for their institutional investors. They are also responsible for all the asset management activities within Erste Group.

Erste-Invest doo (Erste-Invest) is the Austrian investment management subsidiary of Erste Asset Management GmbH, itself a subsidiary of Erste Group Bank AG (VSE: EBS, ADR: EBKDY) in Austria. Based in Vienna, the firm was established in 1996 when Erste KAG and SparInvesta KAG merged. Erste-Invest manages mutual funds and institutional funds including a series of SRI portfolios, the ESPA Vinis funds. Erste-Invest cooperates with a range of European fund managers such as Alliance Capital Management, European Investors, Henderson, and Sal Oppenheim.