Equities: Berenberg insists its ambitions are intact

Lay-offs part of 'disciplined' strategy targeting growth in UK and US.

Berenberg will still reach its goal of becoming one of the biggest Transatlantic equities houses within five years, despite swingeing job cuts in its equities business, according to David Mortlock, head of investment banking at the German firm.

The Hamburg-based bank – also active in wealth and asset management – has rapidly built one of Europe’s biggest cash equities teams in recent years, turning heads with a strategy to grow outside Germany, especially in the UK and in large-cap stocks.

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