Renewable energies

HCOB flies its flag at Husum Wind 2021

Industry banks on wind hydrogen breakthrough

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Sustainability

Dept capital and climate transition

HCOB study on the green shift in the finance industry

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Optical fiber

Strong presence at world’s largest FTTH trade show

The coronavirus pandemic proves need for ultra-fast data links

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Real Estate

Expo Real 2021

Meet us in person from October 11 to 13 at the international trade fair for real estate and investments.

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Half-year results 2021

Strong half-year

HCOB with a very solid foundation

Group reporting

Shipping Market

Outlook remains confident

Market experts presents the "Shipping Outlook 2021"

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Sponsoring

Game, set & match "Hamburg"

HCOB supported twelve days of top-class tennis

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Secure email

email infrastucture

The HCOB is modernizing its email infrastructure on the 20th of August 2021.

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Personnel management

New times require new leadership

HCOB celebrates achievements with innovative performance management

Morbe about leadership

Sports sponsorship

HCOB will sponsor the Hamburg EUropean Open in 2021 once again

From July onwards, the world's best in women's and men's tennis will compete at the Rothenbaum arena.

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Rating

S&P changed HCOB's outlook

24 June 2021 - The Rating Agency S&P Global Ratings has changed Hamburg Commercial Bank's outlook to 'developing' (from 'negative') and affirmed the ratings.

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Renwable energies

HCOB study on the potential of PPAs

The coronavirus pandemic can only slow power purchase agreements down for a short time

Morbe about PPAs

Real Estate Market

One year of Corona - and the consequences for commercial real estate

Winners are residential and logistics properties, shopping centers the losers

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Attention

Current fraud attempt with fake website and person

Neither www.hcob-uk.com nor Michael Turner belong to Hamburg Commercial Bank

If anyone with this name or through this website has contacted you or even wants to enter into a business relationship with you, please contact afc@hcob-bank.com.

Diversity management

HCOB shows its colors on the 9th German Diversity Day

How diversity in a company results in success

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Corporate Healthcare Management

"Digital Health Month" at HCOB.

Defying the crisis with mindfulness and activity Social Posts

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Human Resources Management

“Communication is the name of the game”

HCOB HR Head Judith Steinhoff in an interview with the leading trade magazine

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Employer Branding

Girls’ & Boys’ Day 2021

Twenty two school kids, lots of questions and a successful event

Morbe about the event

Bitcoin

What does the crypto-boom mean for banks?

HCOB Chief Economist: "Collaboration, not competition"

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Shipping

Selling is a matter of trust

HCOB is specializes in ship sales

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Electronic signatures

Secure speed

With the triumph of homeworking, the need for digital signatures is growing

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Diversity

Thoughts about International Women’s Day

HCOB female employees on the subject of equality

Thoughts about International Women’s Day

Digitization

Modern Workplace als Game Changer

Special institutes such as the HCOB at an advantage

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The market is picking up again

Offshore wind power

Wind power is in increasing demand for investors

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Commercial Bank

Onboarding at turbo speed

A digital hub provided by the HCOB minimizes the time spent in the Know Your Customer process

Learn more about the KYC process

Reading Sample

PPA market study

PPAs close the gap between green energy sources purchasing companies ESG and expectations of end consumers.

PPA Industry Studie 2021

optical fiber

The lifeblood of digitalization

The year 2020 could be a technological turning point

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Sustainability

Clear ESG Rules for Every Loan

In October 2020, the HCOB implemented more stringent standards for itselfs and its clients.

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Business Succession

How the baton is passed

Get alternative to family succession at

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Rail Market

Covid-19 and the consequences

Freight and passenger transport hit hard by the coronavirus

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Company Financing

Alternative to classic loan

How letters of credit conserve liquidity and improve the balance sheet

More about company financing

infrastructure investments

Clear focus on digitalization

With infrastructure projects investors benefit from stable cashflows and long terms

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Real estate market

Commercial properties and hotels under pressure

The consequences of the coronavirus are affecting the real estate market very differently

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Capital market business

Securitizations have become established

Why securitizations are so important as a link to the capital market

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Handelsblatt Banking Summit 2020

Banking summit with CEO Stefan Ermisch

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Half-Year Results 2020

Excellent progress

All Highlights (PDF)

Diversity

Bank signs "Diversity Charter"

A clear statement for equal opportunities and economic success

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Foreign Payment Transactions

Secure trading

How importeurs cleverly minimize their risks with collections and letters of credit.

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Food Industry

Stationary retail despite the coronavirus

Even after the pandemic is over, online food retail will remain a niche market.

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Investor Relations

IFRS Group Result as at 30 June 2020

Investor Presentation - Key information on half-year result 2020

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Diversity

“A clear statement from our bank”

Sabine Kittner-Schürmann on the bank’s reasons for signing the “Diversity Charter”.

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Cash Management

Virtuell accounts for easier payment transactions

How the real estate sector or service providers optimize their payment transactions.

More about virtual accounts

Healthcare Management

Hackathon sketches out digital future

A historic window of opportunity for digitalization

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Infrastructureprojects

The infrastructure market after COVID-19

Success is decided by the right mix of equity and borrowed capital for institutional investors.

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Economic outlook

No recovery of corona losses before late 2021

Chief Economist Cyrus de la Rubia on the consequences of the pandemic

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Healthcare Sector

How is Covid-19 changing healthcare?

The pandemic is prompting rapid advancement in the sector´s digitization.

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Cultural promotion

Art project attracts young people to the museum

The HCOB Art Foundation for Schleswig-Holstein using the “Studio 15/25” project to promote art for young people.

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Infrastructure projects

"Trend for sustainability"

Three questions to Inka Klinger, Head of Global Infrastructure at Hamburg Commercial Bank

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Shipping Market

Where is the shipping industry headed in 2020?

Focus on second-hand ships

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Renewables energies

Wind disaster, but new sun euphoria

There is great hope in power purchase agreements in particular.

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Real Asset Investments

The real asset trend

The current opportunities offered by ships and wind farms.

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Global Sales & Syndicate

Focus on defensive asset classes

Corona shows the vulnaribilities of the interrelated global economy. In the Interview Tilo Kraus discusses which areas of financing now could be interesting.

Interview with Tilo Kraus

SME Financing

The future of leasing

How leasing provider benefit from a new platform

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Real Estate Market

Office real estate confidently robust

Despite Brexit or noticeable exonomic slowdown

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Renewables Energies

German wind industry sets course

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Expansion of fiber optics

More bits please!

Wideband expansion for more industry 4.0

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E-Fuels

The synthetic power

Central arguments for opening up the market for green fuels

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MIPIM Award for a class of wood

Innovative Building with wooden modules

The real estate project Woodie continues to collect prizes and convinces the Cannes-Jury

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Renewable Energy

The new market for green power

Origin of energy getting ever more important for companies: PPA as an attractive solution

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Real Estate

Good return in niches

In addition to new construction, further development such as modernization and recassification is required.

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Sector Study Industry 4.0

The power of digitisation

Potential for change in mechanical and plant engineering and industry effects

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For forward thinkers - for you.

Recent Press Releases

August 19, 2021

Half-year results 2021

Strong half-year: Hamburg Commercial Bank with Group net profit of EUR 194 million

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September 15, 2021

Hamburg Commercial Bank issues senior non-preferred benchmark bond

Hamburg Commercial Bank (HCOB) issued its second benchmark bond in the current year on Tuesday, attracting strong interest from international investors. The benchmark bond has a 5-year maturity with a call option after four years.

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July 30, 2021

Hamburg Commercial Bank among the best-capitalized European banks in ECB stress test

Hamburg Commercial Bank (HCOB) participated in this year’s stress test by the European Central Bank (ECB) and ranks among the best-capitalized and therefore most resilient banks in a Europe-wide comparison.

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July 29, 2021

Hamburg Commercial Bank provides syndicated loan for Swedish Alektum Group

Hamburg Commercial Bank (HCOB), together with two Scandinavian banks, is providing a multicurrency revolving credit facility (RCF) of EUR 200 million to the Swedish Alektum Group AB. The three syndicate banks, acting as mandated lead arrangers, are each participating in one third of the three-year financing. The credit facility will be used to repay existing debt and support the Group's growth path.

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Recent Reports

September 16, 2021

Limits to public debt

States are spending billions on infrastructure, social spending, and bailing out companies, and it's getting more and more. What is the reasonable limit of government debt? Ultimately, it depends on the type of spending that is financed by borrowing.

Market report (german) ( PDF, 480 kB )

September 10, 2021

HCOB Economics

Current EZB decision in charts

Market report (german) ( PDF, 618 kB )

September 9, 2021

Delivery bottlenecks: The perfect storm

Just-in-time delivery was yesterday. Instead, entrepreneurs breathe a sigh of relief when input materials arrive just two weeks later than promised. Is this the new normal?

Market report (german) ( PDF, 237 kB )

September 2, 2021

Long Covid

The pandemic is leaving its mark on the global economy in many ways, in the form of a more fragile economy, higher inflation, but also more flexibility and new economic policy insights relevant to the climate crisis.

Market report (german) ( PDF, 257 kB )
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