New FBO rules impact on DB: No Big Deal?
During its January 31st earnings call, the bank seemed to want it both ways—objecting strongly to the imposition of the new FBO rules requiring more capital in the U.S., and yet downplaying the bank’s need to move or raise capital. From transcript of the call: Jernej Omahen, Goldman Sachs analyst: The first question I’d like to ask relates to the Fed proposal. And I have to say so, and maybe it’s me, but I’m just confused because I don’t understand whether Deutsche Bank believes this is a big deal or whether you think it’s not a big deal. Because on the one hand you’re telling us we won’t have to raise any capital as a consequence of this, it’s not going to have a meaningful impact on our operations, and on the other hand you’re telling us this is such a big deal that it’s going to spike retaliation from European... {read more}
