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Germany
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20 May 2016
Deutsche Bank - enough own goals to win any competition
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It will be interesting to see how much longer the chairman of Deutsche Bank's Supervisory Board will be able to cling to his seat. The ...
7 May 2013
Commerzbank defeated in Bonus Fight
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All managers involved in employee compensation will be well advised to study the implications of this protracted legal case (see here and h...
11 Apr 2013
German Managers want banking pay limited - but not their own
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A poll conducted by Handelsblatt comes to the conclusion that German Managers favour limiting pay in the banking industry but not in their...
31 Jan 2013
Deutsche Bank - Vorwaerts mit Achleitner?
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The write-offs published in DB's results show that despite all the market-leading positions the Bank may have in certain business segm...
17 Dec 2012
Banks: Time to get out of Europe!
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Recently 500 (in words: five hundred!!) policemen were delegated to conduct a search at Deutsche Bank's headquarters. Anyone with half ...
6 Dec 2012
Bureaucrats take over the Banking Industry
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While there are other reasons that 'banks do not want to lend' (such as lack of suitable borrowers) the nitpicking and intrusive reg...
20 Jan 2012
Tobin Tax: Political Caste in Germany wants your blood!
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Norbert Lammert is the current President of the German Lower House (Bundestag). Today a headline tells us that he is also 'supporting...
3 Nov 2011
Nationalising the Banks? - A Warning from Germany
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From right and left we can hear occasional calls for the nationalisation of banks. This should prevent that taxpayers have to pick up losses...
9 Sept 2011
Deutsche Bank aims high, maybe too high?
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To declare that he aims to reach a certain number in terms of profitability is a dangerous game to play for any company chief executive. It ...
4 Mar 2011
CDS - Why not prohibit states issuing debt?
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When a professional party politician like the MEP Markus Ferber (he is a charge on Europe's citizens since the tender age of 29!) state...
11 Dec 2010
Deutsche Bank set to leave Postbank alone after merger
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We were never sure if the frugal customers of Deutsche Postbank really will make a large impact on Deutsche Bank's profitability. The he...
14 Oct 2010
Frankfurt no serious competition for London
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There hangs a question mark above London's position as the leading global financial centre. Too much regulation and taxation may well le...
2 Sept 2010
A Stalinist Approach to Banking
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The head of Bafi n , the German banking regulator, boasts that his staff will become 'permanent guests' in all major banking institu...
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