KfW Bankengruppe
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Our Tasks
Tasks on Behalf of the State
KfW Bankengruppe has also become a strategic partner of business and politics. As an adviser to the German federal government we provide expertise in the privatisation of federally owned companies. This is complemented by additional tasks on behalf of the German government.
Global Loans
To provide financing in other countries KfW Bankengruppe is granting global loans to partner banks throughout Europe, enabling them to extend medium and long-term investment loans to small and medium-sized enterprises and to finance private residential building projects that target environmental and climate protection.
Cross-Task Environmental Protection
As a promotional and development bank acting on behalf of the German federal government and the federal states, KfW Bankengruppe is also under a particular obligation to protect the environment.
Funding
To fulfil its promotional mission KfW Bankengruppe uses a high leverage: the international capital market. Funding for the large number of reduced-interest promotional loans is virtually provided by bulk-buying. KfW Bankengruppe raises EUR 60-70 billion in the capital markets every year and is thus the fifth-largest capital market issuer in Europe after the governments of Italy, Germany, France and the UK.
