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Commerzbank : Credit opinion lowered to ‘Negative’ from ‘Stable’ and Recommendations to ‘Reduce’ on disappointing new strategic plan and threat of downgrades

Unambitious and disappointing strategy update - >Commerzbank (CMZB) presented on 27 September its new strategy update (‘Commerzbank 5.0’) covering the period from 2019 to 2023. It supersedes the previous plan and its publication was announced in April after the failed merger talks with Deutsche Bank. A key objective of the new plan is improving profitability which has remained stubbornly weak in recent years, despite supportive economic conditions in Germany. - In our view, ...
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Commerzbank AG

Commerzbank operates through five segments: Private Customers, which comprises the Private Customers, Direct Banking and Commerz Real divisions; Mittelstandsbank, which include the Mittelstand Germany, Corporate Banking & International and Financial Institutions divisions; Central and Eastern Europe, which consists of the universal and regional banking and direct banking activities; Corporates and Markets, which consists the Equity Markets & Commodities, Fixed Income & Currencies, Corporate Finance and Credit Portfolio Management divisions; as well as Non-Core Assets, which includes the operations of CRE Banking Germany, CRE Banking International, Public Finance and Deutsche Schiffsbank.

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