Dr. Jochen Sutor is to become the new Chairman of the Board of Management.
SaarLB has realigned its management structure and found a successor for Dr. Thomas Bretzger, who will step down as Chairman of the Board of Management in 2025. Dr. Jochen Sutor will take over from Dr. Bretzger, who is scheduled to leave the Franco-German state bank after more than seven years. SaarLB’s Annual General Meeting today […]
Sustainable financing of a special kind in Coburg
In the Bavarian town of Coburg, an exciting sustainable project is underway involving the construction of a modern elevated drinking water tank and the installation of the corresponding infrastructure. We are pleased that we were able to put together a customised and ultimately suitable financing package for our customer SÜC Energie und H2O GmbH […]
Peter Altmaier gives guest lecture at the ‘Autumn Highlight’ at SaarLB
On 10 October, the ‘Autumn Highlight’ took place in our premises in cooperation with the Club Des Affaires Saar-Lorraine and the Economic Council of the CDU e.V. Rhineland-Palatinate & Saarland. The event was opened by our CEO Dr Thomas Bretzger, Fabienne PIERRARD, President of the Club des Affaires Saar-Lorraine and David Zimmer, State Chairman of […]
SaarLB with a solid first half of the year, stable cus-tomer loan portfolio, increase in capital ratios, and improved earnings.
SaarLB looks back on a solid first half of the year, during which new business figures in some segments developed below expectations, but significant growth was achieved in the areas of renewable energy project financing and the French business. In our new business, we were overall below the value of the previous year […]
Fitch Ratings upgrades rating
The renowned rating agency ‘Fitch Ratings’ has once again reviewed and assessed the creditworthiness of our bank and has come to a positive conclusion: Further information can be found in the rating report, which has already been published on the ‘Fitch Ratings’ website: https://www.fitchratings.com/research/structured-finance/covered-bonds/fitch-upgrades-saarlb-idr-to-a-stable-affirms-viability-rating-at-bbb-08-07-2024
Cross-border syndication event “Bienvenüe sportive 2024”
Together with our Deputy Chairman of the Board of Management Gunar Feth, we once again welcomed more than 40 banking partners from Germany, France and Luxembourg to this year’s syndication event last week. The event kicked off with a presentation by Matthias Barthauer (Lead Director Research Jones Lang LaSalle SE) on the topic of “Investment […]
Maik Mittelberg rounds out our Board of Management on 1 June
He was personally introduced to all employees at an internal event at the beginning of the year Maik Mittelberg, our new member of the Board of Management, will start as Chief Risk Officer of SaarLB on 1 June and is looking forward to his new professional challenge: ‘I am very much looking forward to it […]
Syndicate financing for the hausInvest in Paris
We were able to secure EUR 100.0 million in financing for the Paris property “Avenue Kléber”, in which Deutsche Hypo – NordLB Real Estate Finance participated as a syndicate partner withEUR 40.0 million. The “Avenue Kléber” property is part of the hausInvest Commerz Real special fund. It is a high-quality office building in a prime […]
SaarLB can look back on a very solid business result
Saarbrücken, 8 April 2024: Although the past financial year was challenging in both Germany and France, as a Franco-German bank we can look back on a very solid result and thus continue the positive trend of recent years. In terms of new business, we were below the record level of the previous year, but above […]
#KeineWirtschaftOhneWir – #NoEconomyWithoutUs
This Monday, the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry is launching a nationwide action campaign to take a clear stand against right-wing extremist ideologies, as more than 27% of all employees in Germany have a migration background. As a Franco-German bank, we also support the “27% OF US” action campaign and clearly express our position […]
