Commerzbank
Commerzbank cuts loan charges in wake of IFRS 9
German lender posts “risk result” – costs associated with changes to loan-loss provisions and remeasurement of assets – of €77 million in March
Germany house of the year: Commerzbank
Structured Products Europe Awards 2017: Commerzbank takes the award through breadth of its offering and its ability to keep pace with client demand
People moves: UBS hires new Apac investment bank vice-chair
Also: Commerzbank’s trade finance Asia head; Blackstone nabs JPM Japan chief; and others
Exchange-traded funds house of the year: Commerzbank
Structured Products Asia Awards 2017: While exchange-traded funds are still not quite mainstream instruments in Asia-Pacific, Commerzbank has employed a smart approach to efficiently drive growth
People moves: ANZ makes senior changes in Apac
Also: Priestley leaves JPM; Hong Kong’s Insurance Authority staffs up; ABN Amro hires Simon Wood; and others
Strong points: Building success in the north and south
Voted house of the year in both the Iberian and Nordic regions, Commerzbank discusses its different strategies for each market
Iberia house of the year: Commerzbank
Partnerships with local brokers powers German lender to 30% market share in Iberian peninsula
Nordic region house of the year: Commerzbank
Command of flow and bespoke structured products puts Commerzbank ahead of the pack
Commerz to spin off structured equities, scale back exotics
German bank offers more detail on plans to retreat from derivatives and bond trading
Deutsches Risk Rankings 2016
Derivatives dealers face uncertainty on several fronts – among them, low interest rates and Brexit – and are offering clients simplicity as regulatory change continues apace
ETF house of the year: Commerzbank
German lender reaps benefits of scale
Esma buys time to fix broken client clearing chains
Two-year clearing delay for small firms might allow indirect model to be built
Morgan Stanley loses three in forex and one quant
Morgan Stanley loses four staff in US; Barclays forex head departs; Citadel adds CDS trader; and more
StanChart undergoes shake-up in forex, rates and credit
Gulabani leaves Standard Chartered; Bagguley promoted at Barclays; Santander hires new forex head; and more
Esma adds new board members, and other recent job news
Lourdes Centeno and Elisabeth Roegele join EU financial regulator
Best in Spain: Commerzbank
Structured Products Europe Awards 2015: Commerzbank has combined its structured and exchange-traded product capabilities in the Iberian Peninsula to create a winning formula in a low interest rate environment
Best in the Nordic region: Commerzbank
Structured Products Europe Awards 2015: In spite of challenging market conditions and a ratings downgrade that hit its Swedish retail business, Commerzbank has dominated the Nordic region with several innovative new products
The benefit of a dynamic approach in making hedging decisions
Satu Jaatinen, head of corporate solutions at Commerzbank, explains how using different hedging methods across underlying risks can reduce both the cost of hedging and the amount of risk that is undertaken, simultaneously.
ETF House of the Year: Commerzbank
Asia Risk awards 2015: ETF award stays in Germany as the Frankfurt-based firm widens its Asia footprint
Deutsches Risk Rankings 2015
The return of volatility, coupled with regulatory change, has challenged the titans of the German market, allowing foreign competitors to muscle in.
FX volatility – An evolutionary story
Jessica James and Jonathan Fullwood of Commerzbank present an overview of volatility – from its origins, to the current era – taking in the 1983 modelling developments that allowed the valuation of foreign exchange options. The authors examine the…
Global banks urged to demand transparency or close accounts
My way or the highway: global banks should use the threat of cutting local services to extract required information on end-users, say Citi and Commerzbank
Commerzbank fiasco offers lessons to compliance and boards
Commerzbank's $1.45 billion fine for US banking law violations is a stark reminder of the consequences of gaping holes in a firm's governance structure. The bank will now be under intense scrutiny to meet the remediation terms of its three-year deferred…
Hell hath no fury: banks irk regulators at their peril
The UK and the US adopt more interventionist approach to day-to-day financial regulation, punishing obstinacy and rewarding obedience