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Approval of taxpayers’ money for NordLB stretches credibility
Legal experts in Brussels and Berlin question justification for using taxpayer funds
Private equity groups likely to lose out in bidding contest for ailing lender
Private equity groups join forces to table bid for ailing state-owned German lender
Cerberus is hunting more deals even after €730m of paper losses on €4bn it invested
Frankfurt-based public lender Helaba terminates discussions with state-owned NordLB
Region’s top 48 banks have enough capital to withstand worst-case Brexit scenarios
NordLB expects to be weakest link in Germany’s banking system in the EBA stress test
German Landesbank suffers big hit on its shipping loan portfolio
German Landesbank has had to shore up reserves against hits to portfolio
Deutsche Bank shares fall further, NordLB postpones bond sale
Banks cut back on portfolios but in selling they are likely to have to crystallise losses
German bank takes over smaller peer that is facing big losses on shipping loans
German bank warns on industry downturn and takes further round of provisions
German Landesbank cuts its exposure to the industry in deal with KKR and wealth fund
Third-worst return on equity in the EU, ahead of only Greece and Portugal
Bremen bank struggling under weight of bad shipping loans
German Landesbank makes €435m provision for maritime exposure
ECB check soothes some concerns over eurozone lenders but problems still loom large
Landesbanken concerned over writedowns of lenders’ portfolios of shipping assets
After a public bailout, five Landesbanks now face threatening ECB stress tests
Company art collections are going under the hammer to raise cash, often on an anonymous basis
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