Deutsche Bank Bets on Ex-Goldman Partner in Strategy Revamp

Marcus Schenck had been itching to work on deals — so much so that the chief financial officer of Deutsche Bank AG would spend one day a week with clients, a habit that didn’t always sit well with colleagues, according to a person familiar with his thinking. Now the former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. partner has a chance to show he can bring in the revenue that Germany’s biggest lender so urgently needs.

Deutsche Bank Bets on Ex-Goldman Partner in Strategy Revamp

Marcus Schenck had been itching to work on deals — so much so that the chief financial officer of Deutsche Bank AG would spend one day a week with clients, a habit that didn’t always sit well with colleagues, according to a person familiar with his thinking. Now the former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. partner has a chance to show he can bring in the revenue that Germany’s biggest lender so urgently needs.

Asia Stocks Rise as Markets Await U.S. Jobs Data

Markets in Asia largely recovered from a Deutsche Bank-led decline in financial stocks in the morning, as attention moved to Friday’s release of U.S. jobs data. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 reversed early declines to trade up 0.3%, though mining stocks continue to be weighed down by softer commodity prices.

Deutsche Bank Bets on Ex-Goldman Partner in Strategy Reversal

Marcus Schenck had been itching to work on deals — so much so that the chief financial officer of Deutsche Bank AG would spend a day per week with clients, a habit that didn’t always sit well with colleagues, according to a person familiar with his thinking. Now the former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. partner has a chance to show he can bring in the revenue that Germany’s biggest lender so urgently needs.

Deutsche Bank Turnaround Plan Receives Mixed Investor Review

Deutsche Bank AG Chief Executive Officer John Cryan needs to convince investors he’s finally on the right track after tearing up his own turnaround plan just 17 months into the revamp. Reaction so far to his about-face — which includes an $8.5 billion rights offering, selling part of the asset-management business and reintegrating the consumer-banking unit — has been mixed.

Deutsche Bank’s Cryan Has New Strategy: Reverse the Old One

Deutsche Bank AG Chief Executive Officer John Cryan tore up his own turnaround plan in an admission that the 17-month-old effort flopped. Germany’s largest bank late Sunday approved measures — most crucially, plans to raise about $8.5 billion in a share sale — that effectively restart what has already been the most turbulent transformation in its recent history.

Deutsche Bank Shares Tumble In Frankfurt After $8.5 Billion Capital Raising Confirmation

Deutsche Bank stock fell sharply in Frankfurt Monday after Europe’s biggest bank confirmed it will raise around $8.5 billion in capital and sell parts of its asset management business. Deutsche Bank AG stock fell sharply in Frankfurt Monday after Europe’s biggest bank confirmed it will raise around a 8 billion in capital from shareholders and plan the partial sale of its asset management business.

Deutsche Bank to raise $8.5 billion to help restructure firm

European banking giant Deutsche Bank announced plans to raise at least $8.5 billion in capital and sell off a stake in its asset management business, in a move to help shore up the troubled German firm. Deutsche Bank will issue 687.5 million new shares later this month, the bank said Sunday, in an effort to take advantage of the recent run up in the bank’s stock price.

Deutsche Bank CEO Reverses Course With Overhaul to Raise Capital

Deutsche Bank AG Chief Executive Officer John Cryan is reversing course less than two years into his new strategy, announcing an overhaul that includes offering 8 billion euros in stock, selling part of the asset management business and reintegrating Postbank. “It’s a positive step forward that we take the brave step of admitting we were going in the wrong direction,” Cryan said on Sunday.

Deutsche Bank to Offer $8.5 Billion of Stock, Names Deputy CEOs

Deutsche Bank AG will offer 8 billion euros of stock, sell part of its asset management business and named two deputies to Chief Executive Officer John Cryan as Germany’s largest lender seeks to shore up capital after two consecutive years of losses. The bank said it will keep its Postbank consumer division and still aims to reduce total costs to 22 billion euros by 2018, the Frankfurt-based company said in a statement Sunday.

Deutsche Bank Plans $8.5 Billion Capital Raising, Partial Asset Management IPO

Deutsche Bank said Sunday it will raise 8.5 billion in new capital and plan the partial sale of its asset management business as it attempts to strengthen its balance sheet. Deutsche Bank said Sunday that it will raise a 8.5 billion in new capital and plan the partial sale of its asset management business as it attempts to strengthen its balance sheet following a multi-billion settlement with U.S. legal authorities.

Deutsche Bank Board to Meet on $8.5 Billion Capital Raise

Deutsche Bank AG’s supervisory board will meet Sunday to discuss a plan to raise more than 8 billion euros as Chief Executive Officer John Cryan tackles concerns about capital levels, a person familiar with the matter said. story that said the lender is planning an equity offering and the sale of part of its asset management unit after failing to find a buyer for its Postbank consumer business, which had been a key pillar of Cryan’s strategy.

Deutsche Boerse-LSE Deal in Danger as EU Demand Rejected

Deutsche Boerse AG’s $13 billion bid for London Stock Exchange Group Plc headed toward collapse after the U.K. market operator rejected demands by European regulators to sell one of its holdings. LSE said it couldn’t commit to sell its stake in MTS, an electronic trading platform for government bonds, and declined to submit a counter proposal after European Union officials made divesting the unit a condition for approval.

LSE Says Deutsche Boerse Deal Unlikely After Year-Long Try

London Stock Exchange Group Plc said its $13 billion tie-up with Deutsche Boerse AG is unlikely to proceed after a new regulatory hurdle signaled a potential end to the companies’ efforts to create a champion European exchange. European Union officials had requested that LSE divest MTS, an electronic trading platform for European government bonds.

Deutsche Bank Loses Ground in Trading as JPMorgan Thrives

Deutsche Bank’s negotiations with U.S. prosecutors last year over alleged mortgage misdeeds rattled investors, leading many of the German lender’s trading partners to defect — apparently to American rivals. Deutsche Bank , the German lender hit last year by a $7.2 billion settlement with U.S. authorities over alleged mortgage misdeeds, is losing ground to American rivals in the highly profitable arena of bond and currency trading, a new report shows.

Deutsche Bank Purchases Ads to Apologize for – Serious Errors’

Deutsche Bank AG bought full-page ads in all major German newspapers over the weekend to apologize for “serious errors” after two years of losses that cost the lender billions of euros. Legal cases that date back many years cost the Frankfurt-based company “reputation and trust” in addition to about 5 billion euros since John Cryan took over as chief executive officer in 2015, the ad said, blaming the “misconduct of a few” employees.

Deutsche Bank’s Bill for Russia Trades Reaches $629 Million

Deutsche Bank AG was fined $629 million by U.K. and U.S. authorities for compliance failures that saw the bank help wealthy Russians move about $10 billion out of the country using transactions that were likely thinly veiled attempts to cover up financial crime. The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority issued a 163 million-pound fine Tuesday, hours after New York’s Department of Financial Services fined the bank $425 million, for failures over the so-called “mirror-trades.”

Deutsche Bank to pay $425M to settle New York probe

Deutsche Bank will pay $425 million to settle an investigation by a New York state regulator into a $10 billion money laundering scheme. The Department of Financial Services said Monday Deutsche also must hire an independent monitor as part of a consent order for violations of laws involving a “mirror trading” scheme.

Deutsche Bank Ends N.Y. Mirror-Trade Probe for $425 Million

Deutsche Bank AG has taken the first step to resolve allegations that it helped wealthy Russians launder billions of dollars, reaching a deal with New York’s Department of Financial Services that requires it to pay a $425 million penalty, the regulator said. The New York settlement, approved by the bank on Monday, resolves allegations that Deutsche Bank employees used a “mirror-trading scheme” to help wealthy Russians move $10 billion out of that country from 2011 through 2014.

Trump Win Pushes Recession Back Five Months, Says Deutsche Bank

According to Deutsche Bank AG Chief International Economist Torsten Slok, at least one important barometer shows the election of Donald Trump pushed the odds of a recession back an additional five months, to more than two years from now. Interest rates should continue to climb while expansion continues-though once things cool off, that’s when the market would expect the Fed to start loosening policy again.

Billionaire Seeks Solace in Bonds After Share Sale Stumbles

Yes Bank Ltd.’s billionaire chief Rana Kapoor says he will consider bond sales every year to bolster capital, signaling a new-found appreciation of the debt market after a $1 billion share sale faltered in September. Strong investor interest in a 30-billion rupee perpetual bond sale last month has now given Kapoor confidence in similar transactions to raise his Mumbai-based bank’s buffers against potential losses, he told reporters last week.

Deutsche Bank Burden in Mortgage Settlement Eased by Fine Print

Deutsche Bank AG sought an unusual provision in its $7.2 billion mortgage-bond settlement with the U.S. government, and seems to have ended up winning it: the bank can pay down part of its penalty by lending money to fund managers. As part of the agreement, Germany’s largest bank has to provide $4.1 billion of relief for mortgage borrowers.

Deutsche Bank Burden in Mortgage Settlement Eased by Fine Print

Deutsche Bank AG sought an unusual provision in its $7.2 billion mortgage-bond settlement with the U.S. government, and seems to have ended up winning it: the bank can pay down part of its penalty by lending money to fund managers. As part of the agreement, Germany’s largest bank has to provide $4.1 billion of relief for mortgage borrowers.

Credit Suisse Tops Market in Zurich After Final $5.3 Billion Mortgage Settlement with DoJ

Credit Suisse Group shares gained Thursday after the investment bank followed rival Deutsche Bank in finalizing a multi-billion dollar mortgage bond settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice. Credit Suisse Group shares rose to the top of the leaderboard in Zurich Thursday after the investment bank followed its German rival, Deutsche Bank AG , in finalizing its multi-billion dollar mortgage bond settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice.

Deutsche Bank Is Said to Scrap Senior Bankers’ Bonuses for 2016

Deutsche Bank AG will tell senior employees as soon as this week that they probably won’t get a bonus for 2016 because of the lender’s performance last year, according to a person familiar with the decision. The decision to withhold bonuses for management board members and most top bankers across the firm was taken at the end of last year and isn’t directly related to the cost of settling legal disputes, said the person, who asked not to be identified discussing internal matters.

Ex-Deutsche Bank Forex Trader Faces Jail for Defrauding Firm

A former Deutsche Bank AG foreign-exchange trader faces a possible prison sentence after a Singapore court convicted him of defrauding the company by making false trades. Toh Hway Khuan, 51, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to 13 charges relating to using the bank’s account to get preferential rates on the dollar in November 2009.

Deutsche Bank May Withhold 90 Percent of Bonuses, NY Post Says

Deutsche Bank AG may withhold bonuses from as many as 90 percent of its bankers and traders, the New York Post reported, citing unidentified people briefed on internal talks. Only the top 10 percent are expected to receive a bonus for 2016, and those payments may be spread out over the next five years, the newspaper said.

Deutsche Bank Crime Fighter Said to Step Down After Six Months

Deutsche Bank AG’s global head of anti-financial crime and group money-laundering reporting officer, Peter Hazlewood, will step down only six months after assuming the post, a person familiar with the matter said. Hazlewood will probably stay with Deutsche Bank in a different role, said the person, who asked not to be identified because the information isn’t public.

Jain Joins Cantor as President in Post-Deutsche Bank Restart

Anshu Jain, the former Deutsche Bank AG co-chief executive officer, is joining Cantor Fitzgerald LP as president, restarting his career at a much smaller firm after leaving Germany’s largest bank amid mounting legal and regulatory problems. Jain, 53, will help the closely held company expand in areas including fixed-income and equities trading as well as prime brokerage, Cantor Chairman and CEO Howard W. Lutnick said Monday in a phone interview.

Ex-Deutsche Bank’s Jain to Join Cantor Fitzgerald as President

Anshu Jain, the former Deutsche Bank AG co-chief executive officer, is joining Cantor Fitzgerald LP as president, restarting his career at a much smaller firm after leaving Germany’s largest bank amid mounting legal and regulatory problems. Jain will help with the privately held firm’s expansion, according to a statement from the New York-based firm Monday.

ECB’s Monte Paschi Capital Bar Would Trip Up 10 Other EU Banks

Deutsche Bank AG, UniCredit SpA and eight other European Union banks would fall short of the European Central Bank’s capital demands on Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA based on stress-test results, highlighting potential objections to the plan. The ECB told Monte Paschi it needed enough capital to push its common equity Tier 1 ratio to 8 percent of risk-weighted assets in the adverse scenario of the stress test, the Bank of Italy said in a statement late on Dec. 29. That’s well above the legal minimum of 4.5 percent.

European Lenders Limp Into 2017 After $12.5 Billion Settlements

Relief that Deutsche Bank AG and Credit Suisse Group AG cleared legal hurdles is likely to soon give way to concern over a bigger problem: European lenders are still struggling to make money. While the combined $12.5 billion in settlements the two agreed to pay to resolve U.S. investigations into sales of toxic debt put one dispute behind them, they also highlighted how handicapped their businesses are in generating increased profits — nowhere more than in Italy, which agreed overnight to pump 20 billion euros into its banks.

CEO’s Winning Gamble May Keep Scrooge From Deutsche Bank Bonuses

Deutsche Bank AG employees may owe their cash bonuses for 2016, however modest, to a last-minute bargain by Chief Executive Officer John Cryan. The beleaguered German bank, long embroiled in negotiations with the U.S. Justice Department, was inching closer in recent weeks to a resolution over its sale of defective residential mortgage-backed securities that fueled the financial crisis.