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Deutsche Bank must rely more on stable businesses for profits, investor Deka says
Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on May 21, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 23, 2026
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Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on May 21, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 23, 2026
Deutsche Bank is advised to boost profits from stable areas like asset management and retail, reducing reliance on volatile investment banking.
FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Deutsche Bank needs to ensure that a bigger share of its profits comes from stable business areas, rather than the volatile investment bank, a top shareholder said on Wednesday.
Andreas Thomae of Deka Investment said Germany's largest lender should lift profits from its asset management, retail and corporate client divisions.
"It is still investment banking, which is susceptible to fluctuations and entails higher risks, that accounts for the lion's share of profits. You have a lot of catching up to do, particularly in the retail business," Thomae said.
The remarks are due to be delivered at Deutsche Bank's annual shareholder meeting on Thursday but were published in advance on Wednesday.
As part of an overhaul in 2019, Deutsche Bank set out to rely less on revenue from the investment bank, but the results of that aim have been mixed.
(Reporting by Tom SimsEditing by Ludwig Burger)
Deka Investment suggests that Deutsche Bank should increase profits from its asset management, retail, and corporate client divisions.
Investment banking is susceptible to fluctuations and entails higher risks, which is why it currently accounts for the lion's share of Deutsche Bank's profits.
The aim of the 2019 overhaul was to reduce reliance on revenue from the investment bank, although the results have been mixed.
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