The world’s most dangerous bank… and the most damning evidence of central-bank failure
by Justin Brill
Source: Stansberry Digest
http://thecrux.com/the-worlds-most-dang ... k-failure/
Deutsche Bank is facing a $14 billion fine at a time when the bank has "litigation reserves" of just €5.5 billion ($6.17 billion).
Deutsche Bank has more than $42 trillion-with-a-T in derivatives on its books. That's nearly 14 times the size of Germany's $3.3 trillion economy, and much more than twice the size of the European Union's $16.3 trillion GDP.
If Deutsche Bank goes, then Italian, Spanish, and French banks go next. Then EU and U.S. banks will go.
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Deutsche shares, which hit a record low earlier on Friday, extended their recovery after the AFP news agency said the bank was near to a settlement for $5.4 billion. Deutsche and the German finance ministry declined to comment on the report.
Deutsche had more than 20 million customers and reserves of more than 215 billion euros.
DB's leverage is 40x versus Lehman's 31x
"If that can only come from the state, then that might be a real barrier to external capital thereafter, creating a vicious downward spiral which is why the finance ministry is so keen to downplay rescue stories when in reality it must know that this is extremely possible."
If any risks get out of control, Gambles warns that it could easily spiral and the total exposure could conceivably be beyond Germany's resources.
In which case Deutsche Bank goes, it would take the German economy, the euro zone banking system, the euro zone economy, the Chinese banking system and the global economy with it
If the finance ministry act too late then it could quickly become such an impossible task, that either Germany exits the euro or the euro exits Germany
Ratings agency Moody's said it would be positive for bondholders if the lender could settle for around $3.1 billion, while a fine as high as $5.7 billion would dent 2016 profitability but not significantly impair the bank's capital position.
Deutsche Chief Executive John Cryan will be in Washington this week for the annual meeting of the IMF, and the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reported that other executives would join him to try to negotiate a settlement with the U.S. authorities.
Like fellow large European banks also under investigation for mis-selling mortgage-backed securities - Credit Suisse (CSGN.S) and Barclays (BARC.L) - Deutsche will want to get a deal done with the current administration still in power.
The bank has a market capitalisation of only about 15.9 billion euros ($17.9 billion) and would almost certainly have to raise fresh cash to pay the full DOJ demand.
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