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travel & leisure News analysis Fortune thrust a Las Vegas venue into bank's hands, write James Wilson and Matthew Garrahan The launch party for a spectacular casino on Las Vegas's [...]

HSH Nordbank has agreed a deal for the departure of its chief executive and has named an experienced investment banker as its head. Paul Lerbinger, who retired from Citigroup's German [...]

Discuss the problems of Europe's banks and the names of German institutions will crop up. From IKB, Hypo Real Estate and Commerzbank to the sickly state-owned Landesbanken sector, bail-outs have [...]

BANKING Total integration not on the cards Deutsche Bank completes its takeover of domestic rival Deutsche Postbank this week, overtaking Commerzbank to become Germany's biggest private sector banking player. But [...]

banks HSH Nordbank has agreed a $500m loan facility from China Development Bank and the German bank is in talks with the Chinese state-owned lender over how to further their [...]

Financial sector The country's lenders are expressing concern at Berlin's go-it-alone approach, says James Wilson Germany's banking system is out of acute danger, but considerable concern remains over whether it [...]

Private equity group EQT is exploring the sale of its Kabel Baden-Wurttemberg cable company in Germany and has hired banks to advise on options including an initial public offering or [...]

banks Group plans bigger retail market share Deal financed from [euro]10bn capital raising Deutsche Bank has succeeded in winning majority control of rival Deutsche Postbank, taking an important step towards [...]

New stress tests possible next year Some European capitals oppose idea European Union officials want liquidity ratios to be considered in a new round of Europe-wide bank stress tests that [...]

banks News analysis Josef Ackermann will be a hard act to follow, write Patrick Jenkins and James Wilson As the markets recover from the shock of Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds and [...]

banks HSH Nordbank has been told by its majority owners to get rid of its chief executive in an attempt to draw a line under a series of scandals that [...]

Commerzbank's thirdquarter earnings fell short of expectations as rising loss provisions in property lending and eastern Europe took the edge off robust corporate business in its home market. Germany's second-largest [...]

BANKS Commerzbank's profits suffer Writedown could increase by [euro]1bn Commerzbank's thirdquarter earnings fell short of expectations as rising loss provisions in property lending and eastern Europe took the edge off [...]

international TODAY * Commerzbank 's third-quarter results should show Germany's second-largest lender benefiting from what a government minister proudly described as the country's 'XL recovery' from the economic crisis, writes [...]

BANKS WestLB is at growing risk of being wound down, Europe's top competition watchdog warned on Friday, after it accused the troubled German bank of offloading toxic assets at an [...]

BANKS BayernLB and WestLB have called off talks on a merger that would have led to a groundbreaking consolidation in Germany's troubled public sector Landesbanken. The end of talks leaves [...]

BANKS Deutsche Bank increased underlying earnings in the third quarter and said it was optimistic about prospects for the rest of the year in spite of the volatile market conditions. [...]

banks Deutsche Bank increased its underlying earnings in the third quarter and said it was optimistic about prospects for the rest of the year in spite of the volatile market [...]

BANKs Competitiveness at risk, politicians told Financial sector 'has reached limits' Top bankers in Germany, including Deutsche Bank chief executive Josef Ackermann, have delivered a stark warning that politicians are [...]

BANKS Former senior executives of BayernLB could face legal claims from the bank after an inquiry by a law firm concluded they were liable for the disastrous acquisition of Hypo [...]

BANKS Aim to sell stake by early next year US group eyes other German deals IKB, one of the German banks most severely hit by the financial crisis, has been [...]

banks Owners of Germany's troubled Landesbanken reached broad agreement on the need to reform the sector, officials and bank representatives said after meeting to consider restructuring proposals. Talks about a [...]

banks Consolidation vital to 'win confidence' Finance ministers to kickstart talks The German government believes it could take until spring for the troubled publicly-owned Landesbanken to agree the first steps [...]

Finance As politicans increase the pressure on troubled public sector banks to reform, a proposed merger may represent a fresh start - or yet another false down, write James Wilson [...]

banks Concerns over level of capital standards Josef Ackermann, chief executive of Deutsche Bank, has warned of risks to the economy if banks compete in a 'race to the top' [...]

banks Josef Ackermann, chief executive of Deutsche Bank, has warned of risks to the economy if banks compete in a 'race to the top' to exceed new global capital standards. [...]

Deutsche Bank has revealed a big downturn in trading and has warned of an expected quarterly net loss following a [euro]2.3bn ([pounds sterling]2bn) writedown over its offer for rival Deutsche [...]

BayernLBandWestLB in consolidation talks Combined bank would rank third by assets Two of Germany's biggest public-sector regional banks are discussing a merger that would mark a breakthrough in long-standing attempts [...]

The Chinese art that surrounds Andreas Schmitz in his Dusseldorf office seems appropriate for his role as chief executive of HSBC Trinkaus & Burkhardt. The bank, a 225-year-old Dusseldorf institution, [...]

banks Proceeds to be used to buy Postbank Issue also response to Basel III Deutsche Bank is set to raise a higher than expected [euro]10.2bn ($13.3bn) in its largest rights [...]

Landesbanken Two of Germany's biggest public sector banks are discussing a merger that would mark a breakthrough in long-standing attempts to consolidate the troubled Landesbanken sector. BayernLB and WestLB said [...]

Bank would be third in Germany by assets Two of Germany's biggest public-sector regional banks are discussing a merger that would mark a breakthrough in long-standing attempts to consolidate the [...]

Banks Germany will step up efforts to deal with its Landesbanken sector, the government said on Wednesday, after a global agreement on more stringent bank capital standards put further pressure [...]

BANKS News analysis James Wilson , Patrick Jenkins and Brooke Masters examine the future for Germany's regional lenders Participants in the Basel negotiations over bank capital say they believe German [...]

banks Takeover to cost [euro]8bn of [euro]9.8bn Chief vows to meet new Basel III rules Deutsche Bank could need more than [euro]8bn ($10.3bn) of capital from its largest rights issue [...]

Banks German lender in record capital push Move to pre-empt raised tier one floor Deutsche Bank revealed plans for a higher than expected capital increase of at least [euro]9.8bn ($12.5bn), [...]

banks German lender seeks up to [euro]9bn Fears of more capital raisings European bank shares fell on Friday as Deutsche Bank's plans to tap investors for up to [euro]9bn ($11.4bn) [...]

New scrutiny sends financial stocks lower Deutsche Bank's plans to tap investors for up to [euro]9bn fuelled talk of a new round of capital raisings by European banks seeking to [...]

German lender moves to boost capital ratios Tougher Basel rules set to be finalised Deutsche Bank is poised to raise [euro]8bn-[euro]9bn ([pounds sterling]6.6bn-[pounds sterling]7.4bn) of new equity to strengthen its [...]

News analysis Lenders' funding methods leave them vulnerable to new capital regulation, writes James Wilson A member of the European Central Bank executive board has warned that some of Germany's [...]

Meeting set to agree final details Concerns remain over capital ratio Banking supervisors and central bankers from 27 countries will gather in Basel, Switzerland, this weekend to adopt what is [...]

banks News analysis Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank need funds, but for different reasons, says James Wilson Germany's two biggest banks might have to raise billions of euros in capital as [...]

banks [euro]300m scheme yet to make investment A [euro]300m ($380m) fund set up to provide equity for undercapitalised German companies has still to make its first investment, six months after [...]

banks HSH Nordbank yesterday reported its first quarterly operating profit in almost two years as the recovering global economy helped the German bank - the world's biggest provider of shipping [...]

Banks Commerzbank expects to report an annual profit for this year, after Germany's rapid economic rebound spurred the bank's recovery from its troubled acquisition of Dresdner Bank at the height [...]

Banks Commerzbank buoyed by rebound Strong results at Mittelstand unit Commerzbank expects to report an annual profit for this year, after Germany's rapid economic rebound spurred the bank's recovery from [...]

Deutsche Postbank 's half-year results on Wednesday will give analysts the first opportunity to interrogate executives after the results of European Union stress tests on the banking sector, writes James [...]

Bafin reservations Germany's bank regulator has dismissed concerns that the country is unhappy with international proposals revealed this week to strengthen lenders against a financial crisis. Jochen Sanio, head of [...]

Failure to reveal full sovereign risk details Non-compliance will dent faith in stress test European regulators have accused Germany and its banks of reneging on a deal to publish full [...]

BANKS Hypo Real Estate, the German bank nationalised during the financial crisis, is set to fail a European stress test that regulators have conducted to try to reassure markets of [...]