Deutsche Bank

German banking and financial services company

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April 2025 Deutsche Bank held its Emerging Markets Family Office Forum in Hong Kong, bringing together approximately 150 participants from Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.
March 2025 Deutsche Bank proposed Kirsty Roth and Klaus Moosmayer to join its supervisory board, with CEO Christian Sewing's contract extended and changes to the executive board.
March 2021 Deutsche Bank sold about $4 billion of holdings from the Archegos Capital Management implosion in a private deal, emerging unscathed from the default.
February 2021 Deutsche Bank reported a profit of €113 million for 2020, marking its first annual net profit since 2014.
2020 Frankfurt prosecutors imposed a $15.8 million fine on Deutsche Bank for failing to report suspicious transactions on more than 600 occasions.
2020 Deutsche Bank's U.S. unit was found to have processed over $150 billion of dirty money through New York, resulting in a $150 million fine.
January 2020 Deutsche Bank decided to cut the bonus pool at its investment branch by 30% following restructuring efforts.
2019 Frankfurt-based prosecutors conducted a raid investigating Deutsche Bank's suspicious transaction reporting practices.
December 2019 All GEFA Bank branches, including the registered commercial branch in Berlin, were closed, marking the end of the company's direct operational presence.
July 8 2019 Deutsche Bank began cutting 18,000 jobs, including entire teams of equity traders in Europe, the US, and Asia, as part of a major restructuring plan.
May 2019 During the Annual General Meeting, CEO Christian Sewing announced plans for significant cutbacks after failed merger negotiations with Commerzbank AG.
February 2019 HNA Group announced reducing its stake in Deutsche Bank to 6.3 percent, which was further reduced to 0.19 percent by March.
November 2018 Police raided Deutsche Bank's Frankfurt offices in connection with investigations related to the Panama Papers and money laundering.
November 19 2018 A whistleblower highlighted Deutsche Bank's potential involvement in the Danske Bank money laundering scandal, suggesting the bank helped process $150 billion in suspect funds.
May 2017 Chinese conglomerate HNA Group became the biggest shareholder of Deutsche Bank, owning 9.90% of its shares.
May 23 2016 GEFA Gesellschaft für Absatzfinanzierung mbH and GEFA-Leasing GmbH merged to form GEFA Bank GmbH, consolidating their business operations.
January 2016 Deutsche Bank pre-announced a significant financial loss for 2015, with a pre-tax loss of approximately €6.1 billion and a net loss of approximately €6.7 billion.
2015 Deutsche Bank's Capital Ratio Tier-1 (CET1) was reported at 11.4%, lower than the European median, leading to no dividends for 2015 and 2016, and plans to cut 15,000 jobs.
June 2015 Co-CEOs Jürgen Fitschen and Anshu Jain resigned from their positions. Jain's resignation took effect immediately, with consultancy until January 2016. John Cryan was appointed as joint CEO, effective July 2015.
2014 Deutsche Bank became directly supervised by the European Central Bank as a Significant Institution under European Banking Supervision.
January 2014 Deutsche Bank reported a €1.2 billion pre-tax loss for the fourth quarter of 2013, with revenues slipping by 16% compared to the previous year.
2011 Deutsche Bank was designated as a global systemically important bank by the Financial Stability Board.
2010 Deutsche Bank acquired Deutsche Postbank, increasing its market position and asset base.

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