Hypothekenbank Frankfurt AG

Eurohypo AG is a young bank “with a long history”: On 6 November 2001 the three major German private-sector banks – Deutsche Bank, Dresdner Bank and Commerzbank – announced at a joint press conference, together with the Management Boards of their mortgage bank subsidiaries, their intention to merge their shareholdings in the “old” Eurohypo, Rheinhyp and Deutsche Hyp. "We want to be a leading provider of commercial property finance in Germany and Europe", phrased Dr. Karsten von Köller, member of the Management Board of Rheinhyp and first Chairman of Eurohypo AG, the objective of the merger back then. The merger agreements were signed on 29 April 2002. In June the Annual General Meetings of all three institutions voted in favour of the merger and on 13 August 2002 the new Eurohypo AG was registered in the Commercial Register of the City of Frankfurt am Main. The new bank built on old foundations – the histories of the oldest predecessor institutions, the Deutsche Hypothekenbank and the Frankfurter Hypothekenbank date back to 1862 – went from the very beginning to become a global player. It has been a frontline player in the global property business ever since. The main reason for the merger was the opportunity to become the strongest provider of property and government finance in European financial and capital markets and to act as a benchmark issuer on the capital markets. As part of the merger, Dresdner Bank and Commerzbank in Germany integrated their negotiable commercial property finance businesses. Deutsche Bank integrated its portion of domestic property centres into the new bank. Furthermore the Real Estate Investment Banking Team (REIB) of Deutsche Bank in London and the REIB Team of Dresdner Bank in the USA were absorbed.

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