Everyone agrees that Deutsche Bank AG has little chance of executing a big bank takeover in anything like the near term. There are lots of hurdles: The lack of a single European banking market makes it hard to generate efficiencies from cross-border deals; the profits in German finance remain uninspiring no matter how big you are; and Deutsche Bank’s own weak valuation makes its shares a poor acquisition currency.

Then there’s another hurdle that’s bigger than all of these. But it has a clear solution — one that helped UBS Group AG’s takeover of Credit Suisse Group AG las year.

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This Neat UBS Trick Could Kickstart European Bank Deals

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22.01.2024

Everyone agrees that Deutsche Bank AG has little chance of executing a big bank takeover in anything like the near term. There are lots of hurdles:........

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