Leonid Bershidsky, Columnist

Deutsche Bank Will Weather Brexit

George Soros may be betting against the German bank, but its exposure to the U.K. is not particularly heavy.

Rebranding.

Photographer: Peter MacDiamid/Getty Images
Lock
This article is for subscribers only.

Neither Deutsche Bank Chief Executive Officer John Cryan nor investor George Soros believed the U.K. would vote for Brexit: Cryan said so a number of times, and Soros was long the pound as the results were announced. After the vote, though, Soros shorted about $100 million worth of Deutsche Bank shares, targeting Germany's biggest lender as a potential victim of Britain's secession.

QuickTake Britain and the EU