Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Grim News: Euro crisis forces Firm to axe 1,500 jobs


Deutsche Bank's new co-chief executive Anshu Jain is to cut 1,500 jobs at the group's investment bank, which he helped build, as part of a drive to save 3 billion euros ($3.69 billion) after a profit slump due to the euro zone crisis, Reuters says.  The cuts represent about 15 percent of staff at the investment banking division, which for years has generated the lion's share of profits. It also marks an about turn for the German bank, which in April said it saw no need for layoffs.

The plan to cut a total of 1,900 jobs mostly outside Germany comes as investment banks across the world are having to retrench to meet stricter bank capital rules. The cost-cutting forms part of a broader overhaul at Germany's biggest bank under new co-chief executives Jain and Juergen Fitschen who took the helm in June….

Wait...wait...there's more at http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/31/us-deutschebank-savings-jobs-idUSBRE86U0KL20120731

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