Bern (ots) - The upcoming Annual Shareholders' Meeting will see a number of changes in the Board of Directors of BKW Inc. The two long-serving Board members, Philippe Virdis and Prof. Dr. Eugen Marbach, will stand down at the end of their current terms of office. Virdis is the current representative of BKW shareholder, Groupe E SA, which has nominated Dominique Gachoud ...
Bern (ots) - The BKW Group has posted very good results for the 2014 financial year. Both operating profit and net profit rose significantly. BKW is particularly pleased about its strong operating profit. This shows that systematic implementation of the strategy is bearing fruit. BKW posted impressive operating profit (EBIT) of around CHF 350 million for the 2014 ...
Frankfurt/Main (ots) - - German Private Equity Barometer reaches three-year high - Early- and late-stage financiers optimistic for 2015 - Fundraising climate better than ever After a brief lull in the third quarter, the business climate index of the German Private Equity Barometer once more gathered pace in the fourth quarter of 2014, rising by 9.6 points to 57.4 balance points. Thus, the sentiment among German private ...
Copenhagen, Denmark (ots/PRNewswire) - Saxo Bank, the online multi-asset trading and investment specialist, today announces a new sponsorship of Lasse Sorensen, winner of the 2014 French F4 Championship, as well as its continued support of older brother and GP2 driver, Marco Sorensen. Lasse, 18, is regarded as the emerging talent in Danish motor racing and is Manor MP ...
Lausanne, Switzerland (ots/PRNewswire) - - Novartis returns Alisporivir (DEB025) to Debiopharm Group(TM) including all rights for HCV and other indications - Debiopharm Group(TM) (Debiopharm), a Swiss-based global biopharmaceutical company, today announced that it has updated its arrangement with Novartis to regain full rights to Alisporivir (DEB025) currently completing two Phase 2 studies of interferon-free treatment in ...
Bern (ots) - In its meeting of 15 December 2014, the Board of Directors of Swissgrid AG approved the entry of BKW Netzbeteiligung AG as a new shareholder in the share register of Swissgrid AG. The deal can therefore be closed. BKW welcomes the decision of the Swissgrid Board of Directors to enter its subsidiary BKW Netzbeteiligung AG in the share register of Swissgrid ...
Frankfurt am Main (ots) - - Germany: KfW Research cuts growth forecast for 2015 by half to 0.8%; 2014 expectations also lowered once again to 1.4% - Eurozone: economic output grows only 1.0% in 2015; 2014 forecast is 0.7% The German economy is set to grow far slower in the next year than previously anticipated: KfW ...
Stockholm, Sweden (ots/PRNewswire) - Prover iLock solution aims to establish a standard interface for signaling system requirements Prover Technology, a leading solutions provider of rail control development software, today announced that SL, the infrastructure manager of Stockholm Metro, has licensed a Prover iLock ...
Hellerup, Denmark (ots/PRNewswire) - Saxo Bank, the trading and investment specialist, today announces that Marco Sorensen took his maiden GP2 victory in the Russian Sprint Race, leading every lap from pole position. Making only his 12th start in the series after joining MP Motorsport mid-season, Sorensen made a great start from reversed-grid pole position. In a joint statement, Kim Fournais and Lars Seier Christensen, ...
Bern (ots) - BKW and Credit Suisse Investment Foundation have successfully completed negotiations on the shareholding in a BKW subsidiary, which will hold the share in Swissgrid AG of around 12 percent. BKW and Credit Suisse Investment Foundation are confident that the deal can be rapidly closed. On 18 July 2014, BKW announced its intention to transfer its shareholding ...
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Bern (ots) - BKW Group achieved a strong result in the first half of 2014, recording an increase in total operating revenue. Operating profit before depreciation, amortisation and impairment decreased to CHF 224 million and net profit to CHF 92 million compared to the prior-year figures, which were, however, positively impacted by one-off factors. Adjusted for the positive one-off effects in 2013, profit was up slightly ...
Bern (ots) - BKW is now active in the heating installation market. In order to accelerate market entry, it has acquired the companies Neukom Installationen AG (Rafz), Hertig Haustechnik AG (Wohlen) and Cantoni Haustechnik AG (Wohlen). All three of the companies acquired by BKW are to be integrated into BKW ISP AG, but will continue to be run as independent entities using their existing names. In this way they will retain ...
Bern (ots) - BKW is selling its interest in Jungfraubahn Holding AG to several investors. The planned transaction will extend BKW's financial scope and accelerate the drive to build up new business fields. This supports BKW's new business focus as a provider of comprehensive energy and infrastructure services. The transaction involving the sale of BKW's stake to ...
Bern (ots) - The Federal Electricity Commission (ElCom) has recognised a higher value for the distribution grid and has adjusted the figure upwards by around CHF 400 million. Based on this decision, BKW is able to claim higher income for the use of the distribution grid. BKW welcomes this decision, which will enable additional investments in an innovative and ...
Bern (ots) - Electricity prices will increase slightly for BKW's customers in 2015. This adjustment is mainly due to a significant increase in the statutory charges introduced to promote renewable energies (CRF). Private and basic-provision commercial customers will pay an average of 2.9% more for their electricity in 2015, primarily due to the higher statutory fees. This percentage may vary between individual customers, ...
Bern (ots) - BKW is planning to transfer its shareholding in swissgrid to a wholly-owned subsidiary. As part of a minority shareholding, CSA Energy-Infrastructure Switzerland, an investment group exclusively for Swiss pension funds managed by Credit Suisse Energy Infrastructure Partners AG, intends to acquire a 49.9 per cent stake in this subsidiary. BKW also aims to ...
Vancouver (ots/PRNewswire) - Mundoro Capital Inc. ("Mundoro" or the "Company") is pleased to announce an update on the Tiva Rosh drilling program in Serbia as well as the closing of the acquisition of the Chuprene Exploration Permit ("Chuprene"), located in northwestern Bulgaria approximately 65km southeast of Bor ...
Bern (ots) - The Federal Council has enacted an amendment to the parameters for calculating contributions to the Decommissioning and Waste Disposal Fund as part of a revision of the Stilllegungs- und Entsorgungsfondsverordnung (SEFV; Ordinance on the Decommissioning and Waste Disposal Fund). The decision means that BKW will have to pay much higher contributions to the ...
Titusville, New Jersey (ots/PRNewswire) - Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Janssen) announced today that it has entered into an exclusive license agreement with Vertex Pharmaceuticals for the worldwide development, manufacturing and commercialization of VX-787, a novel medicine in Phase II development for the treatment of influenza A. VX-787 is an investigational ...
Calgary, Alberta (ots/PRNewswire) - Calgary-based Hitachi ID Systems [http://www.hitachi-id.com ] is pleased to announce that it was selected to provide identity management solutions for a multi-billion dollar energy company based out of Texas. Hitachi ID participated in a rigorous year-long selection process and ...
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Zurich And Osaka, Japan (ots/PRNewswire) - Discovery Minerals (DSCR) Undervalued and Nearing Its SqueezeTrigger Price According to WealthMakers.com Report May 27, 2014 WEALTHMAKERS.COM / www.wealthmakers.com [http://www.wealthmakers.com ] , a Wall Street research and trading firm providing unbiased statistical stock ...
Bern (ots) - BKW is reviewing a sale of its shareholding in swissgrid Ltd., in which it holds a 12.6% stake. The review aims to further increase BKW's financial flexibility. It is being carried out in view of BKW's strategic realignment from energy supplier to integrated energy service provider. Contact: Antonio Sommavilla media@bkw.ch ...
Bern (ots) - In 2013, BKW's sustainability management focused on intensifying dialogue with stakeholder groups. Sustainability is a crucial success factor for BKW in its journey from electricity producer to comprehensive energy service provider. Sustainability is not only about environmental aspects, it also has an economic and social dimension. In times of declining ...
Bern (ots) - The BKW Board of Directors has appointed Ronald Trächsel the new Chief Financial Officer CFO and member of the Group Executive with effect from 1 August 2014. As Head of Finance and Services, he will take over from Beat Grossenbacher, who is moving to SRG SSR. Until the end of February 2014, Ronald Trächsel was CFO of the globally active Sika Group, a specialty chemicals company operating in 84 countries ...
Bern (ots) - In what proved to be an exceptionally challenging economic and regulatory environment, the BKW Group achieved a very good operating profit for the 2013 financial year. Contributory factors included in particular higher production volumes, the growing service business, a stable networks business and consistent implementation of the cost reduction programme. ...
Bern (ots) - In view of her future mandate with the Cantonal Bank of Bern (BEKB), Antoinette Hunziker-Ebneter has decided to stand down from the Board of Directors at the BKW Annual General Meeting on 9 May 2014. Antoinette Hunziker-Ebneter joined the BKW Board of Directors in the spring of 2006 and has served as its Vice Chairman since May 2007. Since 2006 she has ...
Lausanne, Switzerland (ots/PRNewswire) - - Galderma portfolio expands to offer a fast onset and long-acting alpha-2 adrenergic receptor agonist - Galderma, a leading global pharmaceutical company exclusively focused on dermatology, today announced that the European Commission has granted Marketing Authorisation in ...
Bern (ots) - In an exceptionally challenging economic and regulatory environment, the BKW Group posted very good operating income of around CHF 500 million for the 2013 financial year. However, for the purpose of the year-end financial statements, distortions on the electricity market necessitated the recognition of ...
Bern (ots) - BKW is selling 100% of the shares in Swiss Solar Invest AG - a company founded with a view to implementing photovoltaic plants - to UBS Clean Energy Infrastructure Switzerland, a limited partnership for collective investments. For its part, Swiss Solar Invest AG is acquiring from BKW a portfolio of photovoltaic plants with a collective installed capacity of up to 4.67 MW. At the same time, BKW will enter into ...