Research Catalog

Title

Deutsche Bank : the global hausbank, 1870-2020 / Werner Plumpe, Alexander Nützenadel, and Catherine R. Schenk.

Author

Plumpe, Werner, 1954-

Publication

London : Bloomsbury Business, 2020.

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Additional Authors

• Nutzenadel, Alexander,
• Schenk, Catherine R. (Catherine Ruth), 1964-

Description

xvi, 736 pages : illustrations (color and black and white), maps (color); 24 cm

Alternative Title

150 years of Deutsche Bank

Subject

• Banks and banking > Germany > History
• Banks and banking
• Deutsche Bank > History
• Deutsche Bank
• Germany

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Machine generated contents note: In the Age of the First Globalisation, 1870 -- 1914 / Werner Plumpe -- I. The Founding of Deutsche Bank and the Beginnings of the Business, 1870 -- 1875 -- 1. The Beginnings of the Industrial Boom -- 2. The Idea of a German Bank for World Trade -- 3. From the Idea to the Initiative -- 4. Patriotic Fantasies? -- 5. The Founding -- 6. Administrative Councils and `mere clerks' -- 7. The Beginnings of Foreign Trade Financing and Overseas Business -- 8. The Beginnings of the Domestic Business -- 9. Crisis, Revolts and Takeovers -- II. Consolidation in a Difficult Time: The Era of Wallich, 1876 -- 1887 -- 1. The Consequences of the Panic of 1873 -- 2. Pitfalls in Everyday Banking -- 3. America -- 4. The Issuing Business -- III. The Expansive Years: The Era of Siemens, 1887 -- 1900 -- 1. The End of the Depression and the Transition to a Booming Economy -- 2. The `tegular business' -- 3. The Development of the Bank's Ptesence at Home and Abroad -- 4. Major Projects -- 5. The Anatolian Railway -- 6. Industrial Financing in Germany -- 7. Criticism of the Banks' Involvement -- IV. On the Path to Success: The Gwinner Era, 1907 -- 1974 -- 1. In the Wilhelmine Economic Miracle -- 2. Global Perspectives -- 3. The Ecstasy and Agony of the Bank's Business in the Americas -- 4. The Baghdad Railway -- 5. The Steaua Romana -- 6. Morocco -- 7. Nothing But Aggravation in Vienna and Only Good Business on the Limmat -- 8. The `Furstentrust' (Princes' Trust) -- 9. `Irons in the fire' -- V. The Group: Organisational Structures, Personnel Development and Regional Form, 1870 -- 1974 -- 1. Organisation -- 2. Personnel -- 3. Head and Limbs: The Regional Structure of Deutsche Bank -- VI. From Troublemaker to Top Dog: Deutsche Bank in Politics and Society before the First World War -- 1. Political Influences -- 2. Deutsche Bank and International Financial Diplomacy -- 3. Monetary, Trade and Financial Policies -- 4. Deutsche Bank in Wilhelmine Society -- Conclusion: Deutsche Bank, 1870 -- 1974 -- Between State and Market, 1914 -- 1989 / Alexander Nutzenadel -- Introduction -- I. The End of the World Economy: War, Revolution and Inflation -- 1. Losing the Foreign Business -- 2. Walking on Eggshells: War Finance and Government Bonds -- 3. Domestic Expansion -- 4. Revolution and Inflation -- 5. Precarious Internationalisation -- 6. Consolidation and Concentration -- II. Age of Extremes: Crisis, Dictatorship and Expansion -- 1. The Banking Crisis of 1931 -- 2. Deutsche Bank under National Socialism -- 3. Nazi Continental Economic Zones -- 4. Survival Strategies -- 5. `Commercial and moral guilt' -- 6. The Return to the World Market -- III. Deutschland AG: Rhenish Capitalism and the World Market -- 1. Structure Follows Strategy? -- 2. `Troubles of the plains' -- 3. The Bank and Society -- 4. Euromarket and International Financial Business -- 5. Public Finance and the International Debt Crisis -- 6. `First class or no class': Becoming a Global Investment Bank -- Globalisation and Crisis, 1989 -- 2020 / Catherine R. Schenk -- I. The Acquisition of Morgan Grenfell -- 1. Early Steps, 1983 -- 1987 -- 2. Negotiating the Deal -- 3. Taking Over Motgan Grenfell -- The Decision is Made -- 4. Building Walls -- 5. Conclusions -- II. Building the Investment Bank, 1991 -- 1998 -- 1. Local Scandals: Metallgesellschaft and Schneider -- 2. Early Initiatives in Investment Banking, 1991 -- 1993 -- 3. The Road to Madrid, 1994 -- 4. Creating Deutsche Morgan Grenfell, 1995 -- 1996 -- 5. Transforming Deutsche Morgan Grenfell, 1996 -- 1998 -- 6. Disappointment and Fresh Restructuring, 1997 -- 1998 -- 7. Crisis and Further Restructuring -- 8. Conclusions -- III. The Bankers Trust Acquisition, 1999 -- 1. Strategy: Grow, Build or Buy? -- 2. Identifying a Takeover Target -- 3. Crisis and Fresh Opportunities -- 4. Returning to the Hunt -- 5. Bankers Trust Acquisition: The Final Hurdles -- 6. Conclusions -- IV. The Failed Merger with Dresdner Bank, 1999 -- 2000 -- 1. First Attempt -- 2. Second Attempt -- 3. The Deal Unwinds -- 4. Conclusions -- V. The Retail Bank: Cinderella or Fairy Godmother? -- 1. Integration of Eastern German Banking -- 2. Reorganising Retail Branch Banking in Germany -- 3. Transition to Direct Banking: Bank 24 -- 4. Domestic Expansion: Berliner Bank and Norisbank -- 5. The Introduction of the Euro -- 6. The Bank's European Retail Strategy -- 7. Acquisition of Postbank -- 8. Conclusions -- VI. The Road to 2007 -- 1. Building the Trading Business in the USA -- 2. Structural Changes -- Realigning Investment Banking -- 3. Selling the Family Silver -- 4. The Rise of the Global Investment Bank, 2001 -- 2004 -- 5. Anticipating the Downturn, 2005 -- 2007 -- 6. Conclusions -- VII. Global Financial Crisis, 2008 -- 2012 -- 1. Performance Through the Crisis -- 2. Hypo Real Estate -- 3. `Project Erasmus': ABN AMRO and Fortis -- 4. Trouble at the Top: Ackermann's Extended Leadership -- 5. Greek Sovereign Debt Crisis -- 6. The End of the Ackermann Era -- VIII. Renewed Crisis, 2012 -- 2020 -- 1. Anshu Jain and Jurgen Fitschen, 2012 -- 2015 -- 2. Legal Woes I: LIBOR -- 3. John Cryan and Jurgen Fitschen, 2015 -- 2017 -- 4. Legal Woes II: RMBS and Foreign Exchange -- 5. Performance, 2012 -- 2018 -- 6. Christian Sewing, 2018 -- 2020.

ISBN

• 1472977327
• 9781472977328

LCCN

60002422963

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries