Deutsche Bank Slumps as Sewing’s Revamp Fails to Lift Revenue

  • Earnings from trading fixed-income securities drops 13%
  • All core units except one report lower income in the quarter
Deutsche Bank AG Chief Financial Officer James von Moltke talks about the company’s earnings and strategy.(Source: Bloomberg)
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Deutsche Bank AG suffered its steepest drop since Christian Sewing’s sweeping revamp in early July as its third-quarter results cast doubt on the chief executive officer’s ability to arrest a long slump in revenue.

Germany’s largest lender, which is exiting equities trading and slashing a fifth of the workforce, saw income from its remaining businesses fall 4% from a year ago. All but one unit suffered declines, including the fixed-income trading business that’s a historical strength of the lender, and where revenue slumped by 13%.