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Commerzbank

Overview

Commerzbank AG (FWB: CBK) is the second-largest bank in Germany, after Deutsche Bank, headquartered in Frankfurt am Main.

Commerzbank is mainly active in commercial banking, retail banking and mortgaging. It suffered reversals in investment banking and shut its Commerzbank Securities investment banking unit. Investment banking, capital market, equities, and corporate banking operations are now integrated as a division of the Commerzbank group. Read More

Headlines Around the Web

Europe Markets: Europe stocks inch higher as banks rise

May 07 - MarketWatch

Commerzbank gives up fight with bankers

May 04 - Independent

Bankers win appeal over £44m in unpaid bonuses

Apr 27 - Independent

Bankers win £44m bonus claim against Commerzbank

Apr 26 - Independent

Shrinking banks benefit on capital charge

Nov 03 - Financial Times

Standard Chartered, BBVA join GSifi list

Nov 02 - Financial Times

Banks sue Dubai over $10bn debts

Sep 13 - Financial Times

Germany’s Commerzbank in attempt to overturn British ruling that it should pay €52m in bonuses

Jun 21 - Independent

Moody’s downgrades German lenders

Jun 06 - Financial Times

Moody's downgrades Commerzbank, other German banks

Jun 06 - France24

Bankers win High Court battle for £42m in bonuses

May 10, 2012 - Independent

Commerzbank profit drops by nearly two-thirds

May 09, 2012 - MarketWatch

Commerzbank first quarter profits plunge 62.5%

May 09, 2012 - France24

Commerzbank beefs up capital via share issue

Mar 05, 2012 - France24

RBS, Commerzbank, Credit Agricole Take Greek Hit After Deal

Feb 24, 2012 - Business Week

Commerzbank profits halved in 2011

Feb 23, 2012 - France24

Bank chief outlines priorities in bonuses case

Jan 31, 2012 - Financial Times

Bankers in High Court claim for £42m in bonuses

Jan 26, 2012 - Independent

100 London bankers sue Germans over unpaid £42m in bonuses

Jan 21, 2012 - Independent

Commerzbank Says It Can Meet Capital Rules; Shares Soar

Jan 19, 2012 - Business Week

Articles About Commerzbank

U.S., China factories struggle; Fed hints at less stimulus

By Reuters UK

Chinese factory activity declined in May for the first time in seven months and U.S. manufacturing grew at its slowest pace since October, suggesting it may take a while before the global economy starts to pick up steam. (May 24)

MORE TOPICS: CHINA, FEDERAL RESERVE, BEN BERNANKE, HSBC, MANUFACTURING, INVESTMENT

U.S., Chinese factories struggle, Fed hints at less stimulus

By Reuters

Chinese factory activity declined in May for the first time in seven months and U.S. manufacturing grew at its slowest clip since October, suggesting it may take a while before the global economy starts to pick up steam. (May 24)

MORE TOPICS: CHINA, FEDERAL RESERVE, BEN BERNANKE, HSBC, MANUFACTURING, INVESTMENT

Warning signs for China, Fed hints at curbing stimulus

By Reuters

Chinese factory activity shrank in May for the first time in seven months, overshadowing signs that the euro zone's downturn tempered slightly in May, business surveys showed on Thursday. (May 23)

MORE TOPICS: CHINA, FEDERAL RESERVE, BEN BERNANKE, HSBC, MANUFACTURING, INVESTMENT

LME copper edges up; growth worries cap gains

Global Markets Overview - 23 May 2013

By IBTimes AU

Stocks ended Wednesday broadly lower after a rollercoaster day of trading, as investors sorted through mixed signals from the Federal Reserve on the outlook for monetary policy. (May 23)

MORE TOPICS: COPPER, GOLDMAN SACHS, FTSE, HANG SENG INDEX, JAPAN, GOLD, CHINA, GOLD, DOW JONES, JAPAN, FEDERAL RESERVE, BEN BERNANKE

Europe banks hesitate to join rush for new share capital

By Reuters UK

A wave of investor demand that has allowed Deutsche Bank and two other lenders to raise six billion euros (5 billion pounds)in new share capital in the past month is unlikely to prompt other European banks to go to their shareholders for more cash. (May 16)

MORE TOPICS: IMF, DEUTSCHE BANK, LEHMAN BROTHERS, ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND, PORTUGAL, GERMANY

Commerzbank in talks to sell 5.7 billion euros of UK property loans

By Reuters UK

Commerzbank <CBKGk.DE> is in intensive talks to divest the bulk of its 5.7 billion euros (4.8 billion pounds) in British property loans, Germany's second biggest lender said in the prospectus of its capital increase published on Tuesday. (May 14)

Commerzbank to start share sale mid-week - sources

By Reuters UK

Commerzbank AG <CBKGk.DE> will start its 2.5 billion euro (2.0 billion pounds) share sale this week, offering a hefty discount in a move designed to help repay state aid, two people familiar with the transaction told Reuters. (May 14)

Stock futures dip after record high; retail sales on tap

By Reuters

Stock index futures dipped on Monday, indicating the S&P 500 may retreat from its most recent record high, ahead of data on retail sales. (May 13)

MORE TOPICS: CHINA, DOW JONES, RETAIL SALES, RETAIL, GLAXOSMITHKLINE, BIRD FLU

Stocks retreat slightly from multi-year highs

By Reuters

Investors pulled some profits from soaring European and Japanese shares on Thursday, although a run of relatively upbeat economic data and continued support from central banks kept equities near multi-year highs. (May 09)

MORE TOPICS: DOW JONES, MORGAN STANLEY, FTSE, MANUFACTURING, JAPAN, AUSTRALIA

HSBC profits nearly double as costs and bad debts fall

By Reuters UK

HSBC aims to keep the pressure on costs after first-quarter earnings nearly doubled due to the bank's three-year efficiency drive and a halving in bad debts charges. (May 07)

MORE TOPICS: BARCLAYS, DEUTSCHE BANK, HSBC, GERMANY, CREDIT SUISSE, INVESTMENT