Deutsche Bank: Relief but no revival yet

Progress is limited and slow, and chief executive John Cryan remains under pressure

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The best thing about 2017 for Deutsche Bank was that it couldn’t possibly be as bad as 2016, when the bank was almost sunk by concerns over profitability, funding and capital that destabilized investor and customer confidence. 

Worries over Deutsche’s ability to generate the earnings to service its additional tier-1 coupons at the start of that annus horribilis led to stock price falls, while fears at the end of the year over settlements with the US Department of Justice led some hedge fund customers to pull balances and other customers to do less business with the bank.

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