After a rough year, DB is looking to make a comeback. From failing U.S. stress tests, and their share price dropping by 50%, the CEO John Cryan used the word "challenge" 64 times in the annual report.
The article found here outlines some issues that the author believes DB is facing.
1) Leakage of discussions with U.S. Justice Department over mortgage settlement 2) “Conditions” 3) Regulation and technology 4) Implementation of Strategy 2020 5) Implementation of the bank’s corporate culture within its organizational structures 6) Topics that will shape the future and “prompt handling of numerous, critical special issues from the past” 7) The market environment in 2016 8) The macroeconomic environment in the eurozone 9) Low interest rates 10) A volatile geopolitical backdrop and its implications for global trade 11) “Adverse speculation” about Deutsche Bank’s health Equities 12) The risk management environment in equity derivatives 13) Persistent structural factors such as oversupply and “redundancy of certain types of ships” 14) Private Wealth and Commercial Clients Corporate Division’s business environment 15) Generating sustainable returns 16) The economic outlook in the eurozone 17) Regional independence efforts in the European Union 18) Reduction in global trade volumes 19) Strategic rationalization of our client and country perimeter 20) A slow-down in client activity 21) Fee compression 22) Competition
What other issues do you believe DB is facing? Do you believe they can make a comeback?
