Ackermann Says Greece Solution Still ‘Open’ as Debt Talks Resume

Resolving the Greek sovereign-debt crisis is crucial to avoiding contagion in Europe, said Deutsche Bank AG Chief Executive Officer Josef Ackermann, as private bondholders met Prime Minister Lucas Papademos to seek an accord to cut the nation’s borrowings.

“I’m confident that we can get our act together in Greece and avoid a major contagion, but that is still a very open question,” Ackermann told Bloomberg News in an interview at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland yesterday. “That will have a very decisive impact on what is happening in the economy.”