OVB posts sales growth and significant increase in earnings in the first half of 2020
(WorldNews Germany)

Cologne, 12 August 2020. After a dynamic business performance in the first quarter of the year, the European financial advisory group OVB reached the previous year`s good sales level again in the second quarter of 2020 - despite the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Brokerage income rose by 2.9% year-on-year to €130.7 million in the first six months of 2020. All three of the Group`s regional segments contributed to the sales growth. The strongest segment, Central and Eastern Europe, posted an increase of 5.4%. The number of full-time financial advisors went up 2.4% year-over-year to 5,072. The client base supported by OVB in 15 European countries grew by 6.3% compared to the prior-year...