Deutsche Bank posts ninth successive quarterly profit as turnaround efforts yield gains eurozone banks ONE OF Europe’s biggest lender’s Deutsche Bank has notched its ninth successive quarterly profit, marking a big turnaround after years of being mired in scandal and losses. The German giant said today profits hit €1.12bn (£975m) in the three months to September, up from €194m (£167m) in the same period last year. Deutsche Bank’s profits [...]
Abrdn given a sell rating by Deutche Bank after falling off FTSE 100 'cautious stance' Deutsche Bank has downgraded abrdn to a to-sell stock, after the British asset manager’s revealed dampened earnings last month. The bank is taking on a “more cautious stance on several fronts”, it said in a note today. Abrdn, which has around £508bn under management, lost its hold rating just days after dropping out of the [...]
City Moves: Who’s switching jobs in the Square Mile? city moves City A.M.’s Millie Turner provides a roundup of the most important hires and job moves across the City, every morning. Email citymoves@cityam.com to be featured. Verdane Specialist growth equity investment firm Verdane has hired an M&A veteran as partner into its London office. Helena Svancar, who joins the investment team, was previously head of M&A at Swedish telecoms and technology heavyweight Ericsson. The [...]
City Moves: Who’s switching jobs in the Square Mile? September 1, 2022 City A.M.’s Millie Turner provides a roundup of the most important hires and job moves across the City, every morning. Email citymoves@cityam.com to be featured. QuadReal QuadReal Property Group has appointed a Deutsche Asset Management lead as its vice president of research and strategy. Farhaz Miah is set to oversee research across UK and European markets. Reporting to executive vice president Rosemary [...]
Sunak poised to give poorest households £5-7.5bn to deal with cost-of-living crunch, Deutsche Bank says May 22, 2022 Deutsche Bank has said it expects the UK’s Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak will give £5-7.5bn in support to the UK’s poorest households to help them deal with the UK’s cost-of-living crisis. The chancellor could increase universal credit payments, give money to food banks, and help poor households pay for energy bills, in a [...]
Exclusive: ‘No quick fixes’ in 2022 as Deutsche Bank’s global investment chief discusses inflation and central banks December 22, 2021 Inflation and central banks will be in focus next year. In fact, 2022 should be the year where central bank policy really starts to change gear, with other central banks to follow the Fed’s line on tightening, according to Christian Nolting, Global Chief Investment Officer at Deutsche Bank. “But there will be plenty of other regime [...]
Deutsche Bank nominates Alexander Wynaendts as next chairman November 21, 2021 Deutsche Bank’s board will nominate Alexander Wynaendts as the new chairman at the bank’s annual general meeting in May 2022. If elected, Wynaendts will replace Paul Achleitner, who served as chairman for 10 years and decided not to run for re-election. “It is a great honour to have been nominated by Deutsche Bank as a [...]
Deutsche Bank Libor whistleblower awarded record $200m payout October 22, 2021 US watchdog the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has awarded a record almost $200m to a former Deutsche Bank employee who raised the alarm about Libor-rigging, in the biggest-ever US whistleblower payout. The regulator said the payment had been made for “specific, credible and timely original information” that “significantly contributed” to an already “open investigation” [...]
Deutsche Bank regains ability to sponsor Hong Kong IPOs with new hires September 2, 2021 Deutsche Bank AG has won back its ability to sponsor IPOs in Hong Kong after it temporarily lost the right in June when two employees left without replacements lined up, according to Bloomberg who first reported the news. The German bank hired three new senior staff and added Derek Chung, Ian Long and Albert Chang [...]
DWS rejects greenwashing allegations after probes launched in US and Germany August 27, 2021 German asset manager DWS has rebuffed claims that it misled clients by overstating its sustainable investing activities, after the news of probes by US and German regulators into the allegations sent shares plummeting. Shares in the €859bn group plunged by as much as 14.2 per cent yesterday, after reports emerged that the German regulator BaFin [...]