Merger hurdles prove too high for German banking giants
The failure to agree on a deal with Commerzbank now forces Deutsche Bank, once Europe’s dominant financial institution, to come up with its fifth turnaround plan since 2015
German banks Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank have ended talks on a historic tie-up, throwingthe future of the lenders into question after a series of failed turnaround plans.
More than five weeks of negotiations and the German finance ministry’s push to forge one strong institution out of two struggling firms failed to overcome the economic and political obstacles to combining the country’s biggest listed banks.
The failure to agree on a deal now forces ...
