Net fee and commission income

Net fee and commission income (€ 1,667 m) rose by € 210 m (+14 %), making the strongest contribution in absolute terms to revenue growth. All business segments recorded growth in this area: net commission income in the Austrian customer business increased by € 128 m (+14 %) to over € 1 bn, accounting for 62 % of the total figure for the bank. Growth was mainly supported by the increase in commission income from securities and custody business; commissions from services (including, as in previous years, sales of derivatives to customers) also continued to develop favourably. In the MIB Division, buoyant customer business in the primary and secondary markets generated strongly growing commission income. Net fee and commission income in the CEE business segment rose at the average rate for the bank (+13 %).