History – Bank Winter

Sustained growth

for a sound future

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1892	The bank is founded by Alfred Winter in Vienna IX, Kolingasse 17. The bank becomes a member of the Vienna Stock Exchange.
1910	Karl Winter, the brother of the company founder, becomes a partner.
1921	Dr. Erich Körner, later co-founder of S.G. Warburg & Co., becomes an authorized signatory.
1922	The bank is granted a foreign exchange trading license. Robert Winter, the son of the company founder, and Dr. Erich Körner become partners of Bank Winter.
1938	Aryanization of Bank Winter.
1946	Founding of S.G. Warburg by Sir Siegmund Warburg, Dr. Erich Körner and Henry Grünfeld.
1949	Simon Moskovics begins his trading activities in Vienna.
1959	Simon Moskovics and Robert Winter found the limited banking partnership Winter & Co. as personally liable partners with registered office in Vienna I, Singerstrasse 2. The old banking license is granted again. Total assets in the first year: ATS 38.4 million (EUR 2.79 million).
1962	Specialization in the organization and financing of East-West trade transactions with the involvement of Eastern European state banks.
1963	Bank Winter is the first private company to receive a license to import gold on its own account, have it minted at the Central Mint and sell it.
1970	Balance sheet total over ATS 1 billion (EUR 72.7 million).
1972	Robert Winter retires as a partner. At this time, Bank Winter is already one of the largest private banks in Austria.
1973	In order to intensify the existing cooperation with S.G. Warburg, Thomas Moskovics spends several months at Warburg’s London headquarters at the invitation of Dr. Erich Körner, originally a partner at Bank Winter and later co-founder of S.G. Warburg. There he gained his first experience in investment banking. Thomas Moskovics then takes up his position at Bank Winter.
1976	Foundation of Wingest Finanz AG, Switzerland, by Bank Winter and S.G. Warburg under the joint chairmanship of Simon Moskovics and Oscar M. Lewisohn, Senior Executive at S.G. Warburg and son-in-law of Henry Grünfeld, co-founder of S.G. Warburg.
1979	Balance sheet total over ATS 10 billion (EUR 727 million). First issue of own bonds.
1985	Total assets exceed ATS 25 billion (EUR 1.8 billion) for the first time.
1986	Conversion of the bank into a public limited company and relocation to Singerstrasse 10. Thomas Moskovics joins the Management Board.
1993	Following the death of Simon Moskovics, his son Thomas Moskovics takes over as Chairman of the Management Board.
1994	Thomas Moskovics initiates the transformation process towards investment banking and structured financing that has become necessary due to the change in the market environment.
1997	Among the world’s 1,000 largest banks, Bank Winter ranks 16th in the BIS ratio (The Banker).
2005	Increased investment banking activities in Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
2008	Mark Moskovics, the son of Thomas Moskovics, starts working at Bank Winter.
2014	With total assets of EUR 1.0 billion and equity of EUR 120 million, Bank Winter is one of the largest privately owned investment banks with business activities from China to America, with its core market in Central and Eastern Europe.
2014	Mark Moskovics is appointed Director
2015	Integration of Internationale Bank für Außenhandel AG.
2023	Successful conclusion of long-term settlement transactions for a major British bank with a volume of EUR 0.5 billion.