Deutsche Bank fined £4.7m for misreporting market transactions August 28, 2014 BRITAIN’S financial watchdog yesterday fined Deutsche Bank £4.7m for wrongly reporting a number of market transactions for nearly six years. The Financial Conduct Authority said in a statement that the bank had failed accurately to report its contract-for-difference (CFD) equity swaps, totalling £29m, it executed between November 2007 and April 2013. CFDs allow a buyer [...]
Deutsche Bank fined £4.7 million by FCA for failing to report transactions correctly August 28, 2014 Another day, another fine. This time it's Deutsche Bank which has received a slap on the wrist, to the tune of £4.7m, for incorrectly reporting transactions. The Financial Conduct Authority handed out the penalty just a day after handing RBS a £15m fine over mortgage mis-selling. Deutsche Bank failed to properly report nearly 30 million [...]
Barclays and Deutsche Bank offices could be monitored in forex market fixing probe July 30, 2014 Regulators want to place government monitors in the offices of Barclays and Deutsche Bank in the US as part of an investigation into alleged currency price fixing on the forex market. The New York Department of Financial Services wants to monitor the current and historical operations of the banks, the Wall Street Journal reports. The [...]
UBS and Deutsche Bank join Barclays in dark pools probe July 29, 2014 European banking giants UBS and Deutsche Bank both reported strong underlying profit figures in the second quarter, but yesterday revealed they were being hit by new regulatory probes. This follows investigations into their dark pools, private trading venues which are facing increased levels of scrutiny. It comes after Goldman Sachs was fined for processing trades [...]
Germany’s Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank next in line for US sanction fines July 8, 2014 US authorities have begun settlement talks with Germany’s Commerzbank and Deutsche Bank over their dealings with countries blacklisted by the United States, extending a crackdown on European banks at a delicate point in US-German relations. The talks, with state and federal authorities, came after BNP Paribas’ record-breaking $8.9bn (£5.2bn) fine last week for busting US [...]
Deutsche Bank: Three charts that show these are extraordinary times June 9, 2014 European Central Bank (ECB) president Mario Draghi lit several monetary fireworks last week, and traders are paying attention. While ECB policy is still the tightest of any central bank in the G10, the steps Draghi took were stronger than investors has expected. Thursday saw Draghi unveil a package of five key measures: cuts to two [...]
Deutsche tops up capital with €6.75bn issue June 5, 2014 INVESTORS in Deutsche Bank can snap up new shares at a 24 per cent discount, the banking giant announced yesterday. Existing shareholders will be diluted by the German lender’s €6.75bn (£5.5bn) capital raising round, so the blow has been sweetened with the lower price on the stock. The shares priced at €22.50, 24 per cent [...]
Deutsche fends off investor ire May 22, 2014 DEUTSCHE Bank yesterday faced down angry investors who attacked the firm at its annual meeting over regulatory investigations and its ongoing struggle to restore its capital position. Bosses Anshu Jain and Juergen Fitschen were heckled as they argued the bank had made great strides cutting costs and improving its balance sheet. Depite the unrest, 91 [...]
Deutsche Bank slips after plan to raise €8bn May 19, 2014 SHARES in Deutsche Bank slid yesterday as investors and analysts poured cold water on the lender’s plan to shore up its balance sheet with an €8bn (£6.5bn) capital raising. The German bank’s fundraising, announced late on Sunday, will see it offer €6.3bn to investors via a rights issue, in addition to €1.75bn that has already [...]
Deutsche Bank shares drop on €8bn capital hike May 19, 2014 Deutsche Bank shares fell over 2.6 per cent this morning, after yesterday’s announcement that it plans to raise €8bn (£6.5bn) in new capital. The bank will raise €6.3bn in new equity via a rights issue, with the remaining €1.75bn stake taken by the Qatari royal family through its Paramount fund. Deutsche Bank also put forward [...]