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Posted on May 8, 2025
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Add as preferred source on GoogleDeutsche Bank plans to exceed a 10% return on tangible equity, as CEO Christian Sewing outlines ambitions for future growth at a Swiss conference.
FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Deutsche Bank Chief Executive Christian Sewing said on Thursday that the lender will seek a more ambitious target for a key profit metric in the years ahead.
This year the bank is aiming for a 10% return on tangible equity.
"To be a leading bank in Europe, we need to increase it to higher than 10%. I'm not giving you the number," he said at a conference in Switzerland.
This is a crucial year for Deutsche Bank as it winds up a three-year plan and attempts to meet a series of targets that some analysts deem overly ambitious.
Sewing was recently appointed for a third term as CEO and has been working with his reshuffled management board to consider new targets for the years ahead.
He has previously said that the bank could close some businesses and that "nothing is off limits", but on Thursday he said he wasn't changing the bank's strategy.
(Reporting by Tom SimsEditing by David Goodman)
The article discusses Deutsche Bank's goal to achieve a higher return on tangible equity, aiming for more than 10%.
Christian Sewing is the CEO of Deutsche Bank, recently appointed for a third term.
Deutsche Bank is concluding a three-year plan and aims to set higher profit targets without changing its overall strategy.
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