Assignment title: Information
(1) How has the orientation of Deutsche Bank changed over time in terms of business segments andglobal nature? Why? Do you agree with its strategy? Support and show evidence for your responseby using the financial data provided in the case study. (25% of total mark)(2) What do the historical financials in the case study tell us about Deutsche Bank’s profitabilityratios in terms of ROA/ROE? Discuss these profitability ratios and assess their implications for thestrategic options facing the co-CEOs in 2012 and in present day Deutsche Bank under current newCEO John Cryan. (Hint: Examine these questions in the context of the challenging capital marketconditions post-GFC and the Basel III requirements.)TASK 2: Future Banking ModelIn the case study, it was mentioned that Anshu Jain, co-CEO of Deutsche Bank at the time of writingof the case study, said publicly that the “universal banking model is likely to prevail over ‘pure play’investment banking” and was in the “best interests of Germany.” He also said in a speech that“global universal banking was in Deutsche Bank’s DNA from the very beginning”. Universalbanking was a business model embraced by financial institutions in the 1990s as a response to theglobalization of financial markets to provide a “one stop shop” to their customers. In 1999, the USfinally repealed its Glass-Steagall Act which banned universal banks and started to allow Americanbanks to merge their investment and commercial banking businesses.