Deutsche Bank Reports Massive Loss, Will Cut 35,000 Jobs, Exit 10 Countries In Sweeping Overhaul
by Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge.com
10/29/2015
As we put it a few days ago while mocking Saudi Arabia’s attitude toward “collateral damage” from its bombing runs in Yemen, “you can’t make an omelette without breaking a few eggs.” Well, over at Deutsche Bank, John Cryan has been busy crushing whole cartons worth.
From sweeping job cuts, to reorganizations, to eliminating the dividend, Cryan has been a veritable wrecking ball since taking the helm from co-CEOs Anshu Jain (who is gone) and Jürgen Fitschen (who is leaving).
Just yesterday, Europe’s largest bank announced that the dividend would be scrapped as part of “Strategy 2020.” Here are some other key points from Cryan’s “plan”:
CET 1 ratio: at least 12.5% from the end of 2018
Leverage ratio: at least 4.5% at the end of 2018 and at least 5.0% at the end of 2020
Return on Tangible Equity (RoTE): greater than 10% by 2018
Adjusted Costs (total noninterest expenses excluding restructuring and severance, litigation, impairment of goodwill and intangibles and policyholder benefits and claims) of less than EUR 22.0 billion by 2018
Cost/income ratio (CIR) of approximately 70% in 2018 and of approximately 65% in 2020
Risk Weighted Assets (RWA) (excluding regulatory inflation following regulatory changes expected to be at least EUR 100 billion by 2019/2020) of approximately EUR 320 billion at the end of 2018 and of approximately EUR 310 billion at the end of 2020.
Well, the hits just kept coming on Thursday as Deutsche Bank made good on a promise to write down billions in assets in its investment bank and retail- and private-banking operations. The Q3 loss: €6 billion.
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