Company: ADZCF
Filing Date: 2025-03-13
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001159508-25-000020
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Company: DEUTSCHE BANK AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Filing Date: 2025-03-13
Form: 20-F
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 and from new products. Corporate Bank aims to offer a full range of advisory and financing solutions for corporate treasurers and seeks to remain the trusted partner for the German economy, building on its standing as the leading Corporate Bank in its home market. The segment is also committed to connect financial institutions worldwide, a business where it is one of the market leaders (source: SWIFT Euro peer benchmarking). The segment's global network across 140 countries combined with profound local knowledge, a comprehensive product suite and tailored client offering, is expected to continue to offer competitive advantages versus the business segment’s peers. As a transition partner, Corporate Bank seeks to help its clients across sector value chains to achieve their strategic goals by offering a broad suite of sustainable finance solutions and sector-aligned sustainability industry expertise. Also, Corporate Bank aims to enable the accelerated renewables and infrastructure build-out through its asset and project finance capabilities for emerging energy transformation sectors such as hydrogen, carbon capture, and battery and storage solutions, and the build-out of financing capabilities, driving energy efficiency transformation. Corporate Bank’s initiatives will target revenue growth with corporate clients across Cash Management and Trade Finance and Lending, including growing its fee-based business with institutional clients and expanding Securities and Trust and Agency Services business. As the segment seeks to grow its business with clients globally, Corporate Bank commits to apply sound risk management principles to maintain its high-quality loan portfolio and strict lending standards. Equally, the segment commits to continued cost discipline supported by technology and front-to-back process optimization as well as automation and location strategy and further investments to support business growth in 2025 and beyond.

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| Annual Report 2024 on Form 20-F |

Investment Bank The Investment Bank is a key pillar of Deutsche Bank’s business. Across Fixed Income & Currencies (FIC) and Origination & Advisory (O&A), corporate and institutional clients are offered a comprehensive range of services encompassing financing, market making/liquidity provision, risk management solutions, advisory, and debt & equity issuance. The business segment regionally encompasses Europe, Americas, and APAC/MEA. In 2024, the Investment Bank delivered robust performance, with a revenue increase of 15% compared to 2023, while materially growing return on equity for the business segment. This performance reflects the execution of strategic priorities, enhancing the service offering for clients and building on the franchise development over the recent years. O&A market fee pools materially improved in 2024, with year-on-year growth of approximately 25%.