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Deutsche Bank’s 2020 Strategy

During today’s general meeting, investors critically questioned Deutsche Bank’s 2020 strategy. How does the proposed strategy look, and how convincing is it?

Live from the Deutsche Bank General Meeting

Anyone still recalls the criticism Anshu Jain had to face when his German at the Deutsche Bank general meeting was rudimental? Well, let me start by saying that today’s speech by John Cryan was in perfect German.

Market uncertainty and the FED

US interest rates affect financial markets worldwide, and we all eagerly await the Fed’s decision on target rates. The economics textbook predictions predict, and most empirical papers have documented, an inverse relation between equity prices and monetary policy decisions. But… Continue Reading →

International women’s day – what about the mutual fund industry?

To amuse myself on the evening of international women’s day, I compiled a statistic on female fund managers. Summary: there are almostĀ none!

Are ECB purchases driving Eurozone spreads?

With a total volume of 1.4 trn EUR to date, the ECB’s public sector purchase programme (PSPP) has been blamed for low interest rates for depositors, excess liquidity, housing price bubbles, global warming – well, maybe not the last. The… Continue Reading →

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