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 It was responding to an advance summary of a report on Wednesday by
the Handelszeitung paper which formed the basis of a number of news
stories.
"This preliminary information, which contains wrong statements, was
partially corrected by Handelszeitung for today's print edition,"
the bank said in a statement.
"However, the newspaper did not send the corrected version to the
media, which has resulted in today's wrong reports in several
newspapers," it said, adding it would use "all available means to
defend its interests against the damaging statements that are
without any foundation".
It did not specify which parts of the Handelszeitung story it was
disputing.
The advance summary of the report said a dozen FIFA officials had
accounts at Baer, but the print version speaks of a number in the
low single figures.
Handelszeitung had no immediate comment on Baer's statement.
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FIFA has been in turmoil since May when 14 soccer officials and
sports marketing executives were indicted in the United States as
part of a criminal investigation into the allocation of media,
marketing and sponsorship rights for tournaments.
(Reporting by Michael Shields; Editing by Jason Neely and Keith
Weir)
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