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and Dresdner Bank. By contrast, Deutsche’s international operations in both investment banking and funds management ensured the bank remained profitable, though profits were slightly down in 2003. Deutsche also managed to cut its cost to income ratio from 90% in 2001 to 79% and 81% in 2002 and 2003, respectively. HypoVereinsbank Commerzbank have also kept costs down – their ratios of cost to income dropped from 69% to 64% and 77% to 73%. Dresdner, by contrast, has seen costs soar from 71% in 2002 to 117% in 2003 – in other words, cost exceeded income.
Unlike other European countries, these big commercial banks lack a strong retail presence – each has about 5% of the deposit market, at most. The state owned regional
Table 10.4 Annual Results for Deutsche Bank and Bankers Trust
|
Capital |
Assets |
Pre-tax |
Real |
C:I (%) |
ROA (%) |
ROE (%) |
Basel 1 |
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($m) |
($m) |
profits |
profits |
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|
(%) |
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|
(%) |
growth |
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|
(%) |
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Deutsche Bank |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dec-90 |
10 413 |
267 702 |
1 631 |
−32.8 |
Na |
0.61 |
Na |
Na |
Dec-91 |
11 258 |
296 266 |
2 280 |
36.9 |
Na |
0.77 |
Na |
|
Dec-92 |
11 303 |
303 840 |
2 315 |
3.9 |
Na |
0.76 |
Na |
10.5 |
Dec-93 |
11 723 |
322 445 |
2 664 |
18.3 |
Na |
0.83 |
Na |
11.3 |
Dec-94 |
13 089 |
368 261 |
2 049 |
−33 |
Na |
0.56 |
Na |
10.4 |
Dec-95 |
18 937 |
503 429 |
2 487 |
−1 |
Na |
0.49 |
Na |
10.1 |
Dec-96 |
18 571 |
569 906 |
3 145 |
35 |
71.7 |
0.55 |
Na |
9.9 |
Dec-97 |
17 371 |
581 979 |
1 140 |
−59 |
68.51 |
0.2 |
6.4 |
10.6 |
Dec-98 |
18 680 |
732 534 |
4 713 |
282.1 |
78.1 |
0.64 |
Na |
11.5 |
Dec-99 |
17 418 |
843 761 |
4 106 |
0.9 |
72.1 |
0.49 |
11.1 |
12 |
Dec-00 |
20 076 |
874 706 |
6 261 |
61.6 |
74.5 |
0.72 |
20.1 |
12.6 |
Dec-01 |
21 859 |
809 220 |
1 589 |
−73.9 |
90.45 |
0.2 |
7.1 |
12.1 |
Dec-02 |
23 849 |
795 255 |
3 722 |
94.3 |
78.75 |
0.47 |
10.2 |
12.3 |
Dec-03 |
27 302 |
1 104 845 |
3 481 |
−23.2 |
81.81 |
0.34 |
5.2 |
13.9 |
Bankers Trust |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dec-90 |
2 616 |
62 854 |
819 |
Na |
|
1.33 |
Na |
Na |
Dec-91 |
2 987 |
63 684 |
857 |
0.4 |
|
1.35 |
Na |
Na |
Dec-92 |
3 637 |
72 172 |
925 |
4.8 |
|
1.41 |
Na |
13.89 |
Dec-93 |
4 846 |
92 082 |
1 566 |
64.4 |
|
1.7 |
Na |
14.46 |
Dec-94 |
5 010 |
97 016 |
901 |
−43.9 |
|
0.93 |
Na |
15.37 |
Dec-95 |
5 262 |
104 002 |
350 |
−62.2 |
|
0.34 |
Na |
14.18 |
Dec-96 |
5 929 |
120 235 |
897 |
149.1 |
84.2 |
0.75 |
Na |
13.3 |
Dec-97 |
6 431 |
140 102 |
1 259 |
40.4 |
85.69 |
0.9 |
Na |
14.1 |
Dec-98 |
5 399 |
79 996 |
−52 |
−104.1 |
105.2 |
−0.04 |
Na |
14.11 |
Capital: Tier 1; C:I: cost to income; Basel 1: risk to assets ratio; ROA: return on assets; ROE: return on average equity.
Source: The Banker, July editions, 1991–2004; ROE: Deutsche Bank (2003), Annual Review.
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many of the US banks on the global front, it seems that Deutsche Bank has achieved what Bankers Trust set out to do at the beginning of the case study: to move away from traditional core banking and into investment banking. The only major difference is that it has opted to keep its retail network in Germany. After BT sold its retail network, it became a wholesale commercial bank, with expertise in trading and risk management advice. However, that was not enough to keep its independence, and the name is all but forgotten in the new century. As Deutsche Bank strives to become a top tier global bank, what does Mr Ackerman and the Vorstand have to do to ensure its continued independence?
Questions
1.In the USA, what is the difference between a money centre commercial bank and an investment bank?
2.Why has the term ‘‘money centre’’ largely disappeared in the USA?
3.In the first paragraph of the case, it was noted that in 1987 ‘‘the stock yielded a 41% return on equity before extraordinary allowance for credit losses. . .’’.
(a)Is ROE a good indication of the success of the new strategy at Bankers Trust?
(b)Identify other ways of measuring the success (or otherwise) of this bank.
4.The case revealed, either directly or indirectly, the multifaceted nature of BT’s strategy. Answer the following questions:
(a)Why did BT sell its retail banking network? Given that retail banking is usually one of the most profitable areas of banking, was it the right decision?
(b)Why were ‘‘section 20’’ subsidiaries seen as a means of bypassing the Glass Steagall Act? Why was it important in BT’s acquisition of Alex Brown?
(c)Explain the meaning and consequences of a global product focus at the expense of a regional client focus.
(d)What effect would the absence of a distribution and sales network have on BT operations?
(e)Explain why BT’s loan securitisation programme would stabilise balance sheet growth, increase liquidity and earn a higher return on equity.
(f)What is RAROC? Identify the key problem associated with RAROC.
5.To fulfil the objectives of its new strategy, BT had to change its management style and employee compensation. Explain the meaning of the following terms, and discuss how they might encourage BT staff to achieve BT’s strategic goals:
(a)A horizontal management structure and how it differs from management style at commercial banks.
(b)‘‘Excellence through common purpose’’.
(c)Incentive compensation and the bonus system.
6.What are the main lessons to be learned from the 1994 swaps debacle?
7.What were the main contributory factors to BT’s acquisition by Deutsche Bank?
8.What are the advantages and disadvantages of absorbing a well-known bank name after a takeover? Why did Deutsche Bank erase the Bankers Trust label within weeks of takeover but keep the Alex Brown name, and for a decade, Morgan Grenfell’s name?
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