Deutsche Bank Earnings Fall 34%, Worse Than Expected

FRANKFURT–Deutsche Bank, the largest German bank, said on Thursday that profit had fallen 34 percent in the first quarter, more than expected, as the European debt crisis continued to depress fees from trading and other investment banking activities.

Net profit fell to 1.4 billion euros ($1.85 billion) in the first three months of the year compared with net profit of 2.1 billion euros in the period a year earlier, the bank said.

The decline in earnings, which also reflected an expense of 210 million euros related to lawsuits against the bank, comes shortly before a change in top management. Josef Ackermann, chief executive for a decade, is retiring at the end of May. Anshu Jain, head of the investment bank, and Jürgen Fitschen, another member of the management board, will share chief executive duties.

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