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...Commerzbank said it could achieve savings of some $7.27 billion, largely by cutting 9,000 jobs from the combined staff of 67,000, and by closing about 22% of the new bank's branches. Still, when the dust settles Commerzbank will have 1,200 branches in Germany, compared to Deutsche...
...underpinning our claim to become the leading bank in Germany," a beaming Martin Blessing, 45, told reporters at a news conference in Frankfurt on Monday...
...Michael Dieckmann, 54, celebrated the deal, investors thrashed Commerzbank for paying too much and analysts questioned whether Blessing and his team were up to the task of successfully completing the merger. In light of the ongoing financial crisis, analysts were surprised to learn that Commerzbank values the struggling Dresdner bank at a premium of 1.1 times its current book value. Commerzbank shares fell as much as 12.1% in trading Monday, the biggest decline in the company's stock since October 2002, according to the news agency Bloomberg...
...billion. Then, in a second step to take place by the middle of next year, Commerzbank will give Allianz another $4.58 billion in stock. In the end, Allianz will hold a 30% stake in Commerzbank, giving the insurance giant the opportunity to sell its insurance products over Commerzbank bank counters. And with Allianz as a major shareholder, Commerzbank is protected from a hostile takeover...
...Only a few years ago, it was Commerzbank that looked like a takeover target. But Blessing, who became head of the bank just three months ago, helped engineer a turnaround of the bank's retail business and lending to mid-sized businesses, Germany's famous Mittelstand that forms the backbone of its economy. Blessing, a hobby marathon runner who had hoped he would be able to rebuild Commerzbank at a less hectic pace, realized that in the current financial crisis the opportunity to take over rival Dresdner may not come again...