Deutsche Bank CEO pledges key profit target to rise each year
Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on November 20, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 20, 2026
Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on November 20, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 20, 2026
Deutsche Bank CEO Christian Sewing pledges annual growth in profit targets, focusing on return on tangible equity and improving US market rankings.
FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Deutsche Bank CEO Christian Sewing pledged that the lender's key profit target - so-called return on tangible equity - will increase year-on-year in 2026, as well as in the following years.
Sewing, speaking at a financial conference organised by JPMorgan, also said the bank's important fixed-income and currency business will eventually become fifth-ranked in the United States, up from the current No. 7 ranking.
(Reporting by Tom Sims, Editing by Miranda Murray)
Return on tangible equity (ROTE) is a financial metric that measures a company's profitability by comparing net income to tangible equity. It indicates how effectively a company uses its equity to generate profits.
Fixed income refers to investment securities that provide returns in the form of regular, fixed payments and the eventual return of principal at maturity. Common examples include bonds and treasury bills.
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